F5VMJ
@f5vmj.bsky.social
Hamadio since 1985. G0MUW, CT1EFL, AA2PJ, XU7PJ. Some HF and Much QO-100. DXing. Roving. Homebrew. CW (HSC #1758). Spacecraft controller at Eutelsat. Follow me.
Will drive along the northern coast today. Setup some warnings of AOI zones for testing. Let’s see how it goes in situ. 73 EA1/F5VMJ. #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper
September 23, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Will drive along the northern coast today. Setup some warnings of AOI zones for testing. Let’s see how it goes in situ. 73 EA1/F5VMJ. #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper
Headed east over the mountains and parallel to the coast. IN63 in FT8/SSB/CW. Cooler weather this afternoon with a hint of rain. 73 EA1/F5VMJ #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
September 23, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Headed east over the mountains and parallel to the coast. IN63 in FT8/SSB/CW. Cooler weather this afternoon with a hint of rain. 73 EA1/F5VMJ #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
Galician is very similar to Portuguese. Written text is near identical. There is a campaign here to promote the spoken interaction between Galicia and Portugal. Stopped by a reservoir in IN53. First time digi has been activated here apparently. #qo100 #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
September 23, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Galician is very similar to Portuguese. Written text is near identical. There is a campaign here to promote the spoken interaction between Galicia and Portugal. Stopped by a reservoir in IN53. First time digi has been activated here apparently. #qo100 #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
A double whammy two’fer activation on the IN51/52 gridline.
So use VUCC_GRIDS:9>IN51,IN52 for logging. Hot and many bugs. Lord Of The Flies (William Golding). But a quiet spot beside a sports field. 73 EA1/F5VMJ #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
So use VUCC_GRIDS:9>IN51,IN52 for logging. Hot and many bugs. Lord Of The Flies (William Golding). But a quiet spot beside a sports field. 73 EA1/F5VMJ #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
September 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
A double whammy two’fer activation on the IN51/52 gridline.
So use VUCC_GRIDS:9>IN51,IN52 for logging. Hot and many bugs. Lord Of The Flies (William Golding). But a quiet spot beside a sports field. 73 EA1/F5VMJ #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
So use VUCC_GRIDS:9>IN51,IN52 for logging. Hot and many bugs. Lord Of The Flies (William Golding). But a quiet spot beside a sports field. 73 EA1/F5VMJ #qo100 #hamradio #amateurradio #roving_life #gridhopper #galicia
Discreetly testing GridHopperTac. Good GPS reception through the tiny ‘hublot’. Some patchy coverage but easily followed the route on vector map. All offline/autonomous. Surprising performance from the Watch5 Pro.
#GridHopperTac #hamradio #qo100 #amsat #rover_at_work #WearOS #samsung_galaxy_watch
#GridHopperTac #hamradio #qo100 #amsat #rover_at_work #WearOS #samsung_galaxy_watch
September 23, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Discreetly testing GridHopperTac. Good GPS reception through the tiny ‘hublot’. Some patchy coverage but easily followed the route on vector map. All offline/autonomous. Surprising performance from the Watch5 Pro.
#GridHopperTac #hamradio #qo100 #amsat #rover_at_work #WearOS #samsung_galaxy_watch
#GridHopperTac #hamradio #qo100 #amsat #rover_at_work #WearOS #samsung_galaxy_watch
A pleasure to meet so many of my pileup friends at the QO-100 DX Club Meeting today. A packed room. Humbled to get a surprise award from the DX Club at the end of my talk. #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
July 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
A pleasure to meet so many of my pileup friends at the QO-100 DX Club Meeting today. A packed room. Humbled to get a surprise award from the DX Club at the end of my talk. #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
This was waking up for the second day of Friedrichshafen 2026 … BBC Radio 2 and Ballooning. Since my father passed this song seems to be following me around. #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopper #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
July 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This was waking up for the second day of Friedrichshafen 2026 … BBC Radio 2 and Ballooning. Since my father passed this song seems to be following me around. #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopper #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
As always… right on time 🇩🇪 #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopper #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
June 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM
As always… right on time 🇩🇪 #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopper #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
Arrived. Although, nearly 1hr to get out of Munich due to traffic. Afterwards zipped along the autobahn at the legal speed limit, which often is no speed limit …just common road safety sense 🇩🇪 #GoProChestRig #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopperTac
June 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Arrived. Although, nearly 1hr to get out of Munich due to traffic. Afterwards zipped along the autobahn at the legal speed limit, which often is no speed limit …just common road safety sense 🇩🇪 #GoProChestRig #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopperTac
Here we go again! … Catch you on the flip side 🇩🇪 #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopper #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
June 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Here we go again! … Catch you on the flip side 🇩🇪 #hamradio2026 #friedrichshafen #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopper #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
Great GPS performance…even indoors. Galaxy Watch4 Classic 46mm, Watch5 Pro 45mm, Watch6 Classic 47mm (resolution 450x450 or 480x480). Begged, borrowed, stolen. GridHopperTac app APK sideloaded with Wear Installer 2. All 100%. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
June 25, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Great GPS performance…even indoors. Galaxy Watch4 Classic 46mm, Watch5 Pro 45mm, Watch6 Classic 47mm (resolution 450x450 or 480x480). Begged, borrowed, stolen. GridHopperTac app APK sideloaded with Wear Installer 2. All 100%. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #GridHopperTac #amateurradio
Ended the trip in LA at KP29. Early start: gained 1hr having overnighted in OH. Just under 100 QSOs in SSB/CW and a whizz on digital afterwards too. Sun broke through today and has dried my kit (ready for packing). 73 F5VMJ 🇳🇴🇫🇮 #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 22, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Ended the trip in LA at KP29. Early start: gained 1hr having overnighted in OH. Just under 100 QSOs in SSB/CW and a whizz on digital afterwards too. Sun broke through today and has dried my kit (ready for packing). 73 F5VMJ 🇳🇴🇫🇮 #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
Ducking and diving between the LA and OH border, for KP39 and KP49 respectively. Unrelenting rain had me muttering some of my choice working class epithets (nothing wrong with that). These were a different kind of ‘wet grid’. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
June 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Ducking and diving between the LA and OH border, for KP39 and KP49 respectively. Unrelenting rain had me muttering some of my choice working class epithets (nothing wrong with that). These were a different kind of ‘wet grid’. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
KQ40 and KQ50 on a wet and windy Sunday. SSB and CW. Tnx QSOs. 73 LA/F5VMJ. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
KQ40 and KQ50 on a wet and windy Sunday. SSB and CW. Tnx QSOs. 73 LA/F5VMJ. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
Leaving the northern tip of Norway and heading back south ...towards KQ40 and 50. #q0100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 21, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Leaving the northern tip of Norway and heading back south ...towards KQ40 and 50. #q0100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
Glad to get KQ31 activated also. Right by the coast. Because of the inclement weather had to make it quick, so only SSB/CW. No FT8 …“Ain’t nobody got time for that”. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
June 21, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Glad to get KQ31 activated also. Right by the coast. Because of the inclement weather had to make it quick, so only SSB/CW. No FT8 …“Ain’t nobody got time for that”. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
Norway, you spoilt me the first couple of days. Wet and windy at the northern edge of Europe today. Low elevation angle is just a bonus… “If it’s not RAINing, then it’s not tRAINing” #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 20, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Norway, you spoilt me the first couple of days. Wet and windy at the northern edge of Europe today. Low elevation angle is just a bonus… “If it’s not RAINing, then it’s not tRAINing” #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
Crossing into KQ30 from KQ20. GridHopperTac set to loud siren. At same time with the alert from GridHopper.net running on my mobile phone heard in background (chimes + voice announcement). #GoProChestRig #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio #gridhoppertac
June 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Crossing into KQ30 from KQ20. GridHopperTac set to loud siren. At same time with the alert from GridHopper.net running on my mobile phone heard in background (chimes + voice announcement). #GoProChestRig #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio #gridhoppertac
Off to a sunny start heading to KQ20. But sun… dramatic skies… showers. I’m realising that the weather can change very fast here 🇳🇴 . #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
June 20, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Off to a sunny start heading to KQ20. But sun… dramatic skies… showers. I’m realising that the weather can change very fast here 🇳🇴 . #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
Back on the same KQ10/KP19 gridline as yesterday. For FT8 today too. Bad weather but managed to set-up and take-down between the downpours. Also, good for testing the watch app as I can just walk between the grids. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 20, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Back on the same KQ10/KP19 gridline as yesterday. For FT8 today too. Bad weather but managed to set-up and take-down between the downpours. Also, good for testing the watch app as I can just walk between the grids. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
The road back to Alta 🇳🇴 after KQ00. I will never hear this song in the same way again. “No love without freedom”, Dido. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio #RovingEnergy #goprowebcam
June 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The road back to Alta 🇳🇴 after KQ00. I will never hear this song in the same way again. “No love without freedom”, Dido. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio #RovingEnergy #goprowebcam
Dipped my toe into KQOO. This was the only spot on a dirt road cul-de-sac covered by trees and bushes...found a gap that allowed for the low 11 deg elevation. Otherwise it could be a big trip around with ferries etc. Lucky Lucky. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 11, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Dipped my toe into KQOO. This was the only spot on a dirt road cul-de-sac covered by trees and bushes...found a gap that allowed for the low 11 deg elevation. Otherwise it could be a big trip around with ferries etc. Lucky Lucky. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #gridhopper #amateurradio
A twofer'one double whammy ...from the KQ10/ KP19 grid line. Gorgeous weather. Hope it continues. Very pleasant. Apart from the sirens and my phones going berserk. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
June 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
A twofer'one double whammy ...from the KQ10/ KP19 grid line. Gorgeous weather. Hope it continues. Very pleasant. Apart from the sirens and my phones going berserk. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio
Crazy long day. Three flights later... touchdown. Land of the midnight sun. Beautiful Norway. An opportunity to field test the Tac version of GridHopper.net # #q0100 #hamradio #amsat #wearos #gridhopper #amateurradio
June 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Crazy long day. Three flights later... touchdown. Land of the midnight sun. Beautiful Norway. An opportunity to field test the Tac version of GridHopper.net # #q0100 #hamradio #amsat #wearos #gridhopper #amateurradio
Graveyard shifts at the Eutelsat Teleport. A nightly 2hr trip, perfect for testing GridHopperTac. Added a virtual compass option to complement pointing data. Set orbital position in Options …blue dot points to satellite. Beta version GitHub. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio #wearos #gridhopper
June 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Graveyard shifts at the Eutelsat Teleport. A nightly 2hr trip, perfect for testing GridHopperTac. Added a virtual compass option to complement pointing data. Set orbital position in Options …blue dot points to satellite. Beta version GitHub. #qo100 #hamradio #amsat #amateurradio #wearos #gridhopper