Paolo Giardini / IK3ITB

Pluto Status Monitor v1.1.00 is out. Old clock graph removed. Now the main graph shows real TRX + FPGA temperature history. PDF manuals in Italian and English are included in the ZIP. ik3itb.com/en/projects/so…

New tool: Pluto Gateway Setter for ADALM-Pluto. If your Pluto loses its default gateway after reboot, this utility can check and restore it over SSH. Free for personal use: ik3itb.com/en/projects/so…

Pluto Status Monitor v1.0.31 is out! OOP refactoring completed. Added Min/Max TRX & FPGA temps in “My Pluto” (tnx F5RRS) + minor UI fixes. Download: ik3itb.com/en/projects/so… Feedback welcome. 73! #ADALMPluto #HamRadio #SDR #QO100 #AmateurRadio

For those using ADALM-Pluto + SDR Console on QO-100: I’ve released Pluto Status Monitor, a software tool to monitor the Pluto useful for remote setups. 📥 Download + info: ik3itb.com/en/projects/so… If you have a moment, take a look... and let me know — feedback is welcome!

Good to hear radio friend Paolo, IK3ITB running the Galileo Galilei secondary school's contact with Alex DP0GVN in Antarctica. Great signals and top notch organisation. #qo100 @dl2aly @amsatdl @amsat @ik3itb #hamradio #AmateurRadio

@F5VMJ @dl2aly @amsatdl @AMSAT Thank you from the bottom of my heart, my friend, from me and Silvia, IW3GJH!🙏

Worked #FP5KE via RS-44 : thank you for the thrill and fo the fun, Vincent #F4BKV

@DK9JC @F4BKV @N4AKV_ Interesting ti read that FP5KEIis Active on RS-44

Just worked #FP5KE (OP: @F4BKV) in Saint Pierre & Miquelon 🇵🇲(Gridsquare: GN16WS / distance: 4568.4 km) on RS-44 🛰️ (3.8° el / 280.6° az) using SSB #hamr #wavelog #amsat Because of the AKV rover (@N4AKV_ ) that was too easy. 🤣

@Ludek_OK2ZC Hello Luděk! Will PJ7K be active again via RS-44?

🛰 PJ7K on RS-44 ⏰ 2025-09-20 from 16:09Z to 16:26Z 🗺 FK88 📻 SSB 👀 hams.at/alerts/b9b05e6…

@CarstenGrn1 Splendid and enviable work, my Friend!! Truly splendid, as always... 👍👍👍

@2m0sql Done that on fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/e…

If you are a satellite operator and have not filed an objection it's time to get busy. Don't just sit waiting for other organisations to do it on your behalf.

@Dl4Ea @KH6WI_Ham_Radio Really Interesting! could you share a link where to buy it please?

@KH6WI_Ham_Radio It is a foldable camping dish. It is the only 60cm dish which fits in a suitcase... Unless you homebrew something. It comes with a small tripod.

FY/DL4EA Finally worked EU on RS-44. Thanks to EA4CYQ. Rig is IC-705, 20w THP amplifier. Pstrotator Doppler control. I finished the QO-100 operation. QSB was very noticeable. I hope the setup works in PZ-land. Foto on GJ35QD.

@F5VMJ Thanks for a lot of new grids ( a nd for a lot of fun! )

🇮🇸 Yesterday weather turned (dramatically) but with the early start, we were still able to make it happen before the full cold front hit. Many thanks to the early birds:) Ultimately I lucked out big time during my QO-100 activations through Iceland. 🌞 Super sunny. Not one drop of rain. Temperatures touching mid twenties. 73s. Check out Icelanders @olafurw and @greipjokes with accounts on TikTok. #qo100 #hamradio

Thanks for your activations Paulo! You are doing a great and hard job for all of us grid-hunters; I hope to catch You for my missing grids ( but this afternoon... 😁😇)

@F5VMJ Thanks for the QSO Paulo. Rock solid signal (9+10dB here)! Next grid?

🇮🇸 Will try IP03 today. The southern tip of the island. Forecast still favourable. Passage-planning months beforehand, sometimes means rebooking flights/lodgings because of weather. But this time …pure luck. Como um amigo me disse “Tempo assim …nem por encomenda.” 🌞 #qo100

@F5VMJ You are doing a fine but hard job my friend! Thanks for ALL the new grids you have given us!

🇮🇸 Black sand beaches, glacier lagoons and fields of purple lupines …all to get to IP13. But some dodgy waypoints around here. So, last month used some hires sat imagery to weed the best sites out (costly but paid off;) Over 100 SSB QSOs done …tnx. And now FT8’ing for a while until bored or battery dies hi. #qo100 #amsat #hamradio

@F5VMJ Please do not activate new grids between 1500Z and 1630Z 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks ;-)

🇮🇸 Glaciers and reindeers this morning …before arriving at IP14. SSB done and FT8ing presently. Still fine but wind has picked up. #qo100 #hamradio

@F5VMJ Hotter than Italy! 😂 Have a good traffic and hope to catch You on QO-100 later...

🇮🇸 The forecast for today …purple temperatures and wide isobars. Iceland is slowly becoming a misnomer (rather like Greenland hi). Have checked the car coolant and slapped on more sun cream. Shorts and espadrilles are on standby. #qo100 #hamradio

@DK9JC @vittben @F5VMJ Are we that "terrible"? 😂😂😂😁

@vittben @F5VMJ i heard he saying "who is the very weak italian?" i thought it was maybe a mistake as italy is usually famous for massive qrooooo. good job! 👍

Just had qso with TF/@F5VMJ IP26bh via QO100 SSB with my mighty 500 mW !!! Tnx Paulo for your ears, hi!!

@F5VMJ Thanks for your activity Paulo!

More washboard gravel roads. Set up for HP75 beside an old airstrip. Only 7deg elevation limits the places where the satellite can be seen from. The challenge is part of the fun. Prepared two months ago using topo maps. #qo100 #AmaterRadio