Yaesu FT-897D
Home base for digital modes across 40, 20, 10 and 2 meter. Sound-card modes over VARA and a Windows 10 shack PC.
I'm Alex — licensed radio amateur.
Chasing signals across HF, VHF and 2m from the north of the Netherlands. Digital modes, packet radio and APRS — bouncing bits off the ionosphere and around the neighbourhood.
The shack
Home base for digital modes across 40, 20, 10 and 2 meter. Sound-card modes over VARA and a Windows 10 shack PC.
Handheld feeding a Raspberry Pi 4 packet setup — DireWolf as the software TNC and LinPac driving the AX.25 stack.
Dual-band HT with a built-in modem — APRS beacons and packet from the field, no laptop required. Grab & go.
Where to find me
QTH
Transmitting from Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. Maidenhead locator JO23ua. Working digital modes and keeping packet & APRS alive on 2m — 73!