My activity in 2011
Some data about my hamradio activity in 2011.
Total QSOs: 687. First QSO on 2011-04-02, last QSO on 2011-12-26. 569 as IZ2UQF, 91 as IZ2UQF/P, 27 as IS0/IZ2UQF.
DXCC worked: 78. Max QRB: 16619 km (VK7XX).
OH9TEN beacon
OH9TEN KP36OI
Date: 2011-11-12 10:40 UTC. Frequency: 28.267 MHz. QRB (from JN45pn): 2546 km. Signal S=7, received by boomerang antenna on my balcony.
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JT65 activity on 10m band
Monitoring JT65 TX by my President Jackson, after tuning in the band E (channel 18) with no antenna and RF gain to minimum.
JT65 activity on 10m band from Fabio Pani on Vimeo.
IW1AVR/B
VVV DE IW1AVR/B JN35PA 12W
Frequency: 432.4095 MHz. QRB (from JN45pn): 168 km.
No signal, but perfectly readable with my 4el GP antenna.
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Yaesu FT-857D and rigctl
Lately I've been testing my rig (Yaesu FT-857D) with rigctl, a command line utility that sends commands to your radio via serial cable. Here are some tips.
First of all, I'm not responsible for any damage deriving from this post. 
Examples posted here refer to Linux Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid), but they should work fine with latest Ubuntu versions.
