Category: Digital Modes

Posted in Digital Modes Projects

Connecting an old Weather Station to APRS

Author: Cody Skinner Published Date: January 5, 2023

Is it possible to take an old weather station with no computer connectivity and pull the data to send to APRS? Turns out, this is a fairly doable project with certain models of weather stations. In my case, an older Acurite 5-in-1 weather station with a remote display worked perfectly. Let’s take a look at how!

Decoded image from the ISS
Posted in Digital Modes Events

Russian ISS SSTV Event

Author: Cody Skinner Published Date: April 13, 2018

The International Space Station is currently running a special SSTV event to celebrate the Russian Cosmonautics Day. Amateur Radio operators are able to receive images from the ISS with nothing more than a VHF radio.

Posted in Digital Modes

FT8 Operating and Important Notes

Author: Cody Skinner Published Date: January 21, 2018

So I started playing around with FT8 the other day, and have had pretty good success with contacts in North America and out towards Europe. Noticed a few little quirks that I thought I’d address for anyone looking to get into this mode.