Joseph Mullins

VK5JDE - A Tinkerer of Technology

Biography

Hi, I'm Joseph. Throughout this site you will find a collection of my random writings and things I thought would be useful to store for prosperity or for anyone else traversing a similar path.


The main reason of this blog was to start documenting my way into Amateur Radio, something that has started to heavily draw my interest, after years in the technology sector mainly for its pure rawness and infinite capability.


Grid Location: PF95IG15
CQ Zone: 39
TU Zone: 59

Recent Posts

Reaching across the world with 5w & FT8

2022-06-24 Amateur Radio radio digital modes FT8 20M Antenna

After reading a bit about FT8 and watching some Youtube videos, it was attending my local club and them presenting on FT8 that convinvced me to get on ... Read More

New Icom 705 Radio

2022-05-14 Amateur Radio radio net repeater

After being on air for a short period with the ICOM 2300h I quickly realised I needed a radio with more modes, and more bands would be nice too. After ... Read More

Setting up the ICOM 2300h

2022-05-05 Amateur Radio radio power supply antenna

New Radio So, I was originally planning to get the Yaesu FT-2900R, but they didn’t have stock :(. Instead, they had the similar ICOM 2300H. This ... Read More

My first Amateur Power Supply

2022-04-18 Amateur Radio radio power

So something that didn’t really cross my mind too much when I was first picking my equipment, was how am I going to power this?!? Obviously this ... Read More

My Amateur Radio Introduction

2022-04-16 Amateur Radio radio

Why Amateur Radio? A few years ago I had a passing interest into getting into Amateur Radio. The thought of it was pretty cool and it had been a thing ... Read More