The MØTZO Blog

A few weeks ago I ordered the Icom GPS mic from an eBay seller in Canada.

Took a little longer to be delivered than the 6-10 days I was quoted, but I blame the postal services, not the seller.

I wanted to use with the DPRS (digital APRS) & it took a bit of research and even emailing a site owner that his site was down to fine tune the settings.

Using a Combination of the links below I was able to fine tune my settings and have posted some images from the RS-92 software.

As I am usually listening to a repeater the GPS Auto TX is off.

D-PRS Calculator
This page calculates the necessary GPS message (C1 message on most Icom radios) to use your Icom radio in GPS mode (not GPS-A mode) with D-PRS. Your browser must have JavaScript enabled to use this page.

D-PRS Calculator Same as above I found when site above was down.

Cambridgeshire Repeater Group DPRS Setup

Accessing GB7GL

GB7WC.org.uk APRS

Or should that be Goodbye to???

It was well overdue, but I have decided to stop (or limit) using my old online Nickname and will use my Ham Radio callsign instead.

www.gadget17.co.uk now re-directs to www.m0tzo.co.uk

I have also stopped using elsewhere, or at least made dormant for now.

I’ve had my M0TZO callsign for 3 years+ now. I may even end up selling the domain name gadget17.co.uk, but haven’t made up my mind yet.

All the old post from gadget17.co.uk were imported into this blog, and while I will need to go through them and weed out some, they are here for now.

Finally, I hope with only one blog, I might actually get some updates on here.

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MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS 2EØHTS

Thanks for the callback Paul nice to see you on here and Twitter. Your RST is 599 599. My name is Simon Simon, QTH is BAILDON BAILDON in IO93CU [339.3° 293.8km] IO93CU. How copy? nice to get you in the log h.i BTU MØTZO de 2EØHTS k

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Simon, my station
Radio    : IC-756 ProIII, 5Øw, G4ZLP Interface
Software : HRD + DM78Ø v5.Ø Beta
Antenna  : 6-BTV

My QSL is OK via the bureau, LoTW (or eQSL.cc).

EPC #9222

Cool, about seeing me on Twitter, wasn’t sure I would get anything from it

BTU 2EØHTS de MØTZO kn

MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS 2EØHTS

all ok Paul, isnt twitter great!!!

My station: rig YAESU FT-767GX,

Power 3ØR-

Software = PSK31 Deluxe v4.Ø,

P.C – 35ØØ Dual Core, 2Gig Ram, 96ØØGT Graphics – Nomic RIG Blaster.

Antenna 13ØFT Dipole & 2ØM Delta Loop,

Locator = IO93CU

My Site web http://www.hamradiooperator.blogspot.com/

My QSL is OK via eQSL.cc QRZ.COM or via the bureau.

BTU Paul, will tweet you some tweets soon mate,  MØTZO de 2EØHTS K

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Keep Tweeting on Twitter (@mØtzo for those SWL’ing) and this will certainly get a mention on there.

73 Simon Davison & thanks for PSK31 QSO 21 on 8Øm.

2EØHTS de MØTZO sk

MØTZO de 2EØHTS

Ha Ha yeah Tweeting is for Hams h.i

Hello SWLs!!!

73 to You Paul catch you soon on Twitter and thanks for the QSO hope to See U AGN Ioon. GOOD DX GL & GOOD NIGHT..

MØTZO de 2EØHTS Sk Sk

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Maybe I should Blog this as well! LOL

2EØHTS de MØTZO sk sk

MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS EEØHTS

Good idea, will do it too Good night mate

MØTZO MØTZO de 2EØHTS 2EØHTS sK SK

2EØHTS de MØTZO

Night Night!

2EØHTS de MØTZO sk sk

I suggested on air I would blog this, and kept true to my word! Was a good QSO, especially when he mentioned Twitter.

So I have just put my mic down as promised myself I wouldn’t operate between 11pm-7am when at home.

How did I do? Well I decided to try to beat a previous score from home, and I did more than I planned.

Although the IARU contest was only 24 hours long, was only other contest this year I had done from home.

I had to beat 73 QSOs and 7,535 Points. I exceeded that even notching a few last minute contacts on 40m before my own 11pm deadline.

OK, it’s not the greatest result, but with each new contest I do from the MØTZO shack, I improve the setup and way I operate. Even for this one, I figured out how to activate Radio 2 in Win-Test after you open the window. Made logging so much easier.

All my logs have been uploaded to Logbook of the World (LoTW) and imported into my main log.

It’s been a while (except in contests) that I have really been on HF.

So this weekend I decided to get back on HF using PSK31. Which usually most evenings I spend in front of the PC & radio anyway, so using that mode shouldn’t be that difficult.

Sunday evening I tried, but was drowned out by RTTY stations as I hadn’t planned on the JARTS RTTY contest.

Monday evening, was much better.

After a few hours, I have 6 new QSO’s in my logbook, which while it’s not a great amount, considering how much I normally do in a month, is quite a few for me.

I will continue this week, and see how I do, and who knows might actually get nice QSO’s for a change.