Otso Laakso

Ham radio, space, spaceweather, astronomy, meteorology, radiosonde hunting, and aviation enthustiast.

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Short brake with radios and literature...

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It was great day in Nuuksio! Also some Meshstatic testing with E1000 during activities.

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Quick lunchtime Winlink 7 MHz mail check on parking place before rain begins here. Testing this time MA-8300 portable antenna using magmount. Xiegu X6100, 5W. Solid connection. Chair added...#Winlink #hamradio

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During weekend morning radio activities, is very important to keep track coffee mug temperatures... #Thermalimage #Coffee

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WX radar and nowcast forecast is very handy feature on VW Touran CarNet. Rain is currently slowly approaching my QTH.

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TinyGS evening lights! Testing station RX after some QRT period. Currently using Diamond Minidiscone on the balcony second floor. Open view to W & NW.

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Mobile Winlink-setup begins to take shape. Got nice stand for radio and laptop. Currently 40M vertical on top of the VW Touran using heavy weight mag-mount. Trials continue... #winlink #radioamateur

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Winlink day.

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Quick portable friday APRS test nearby with VGC VR-N76 & HT mobile app...
#APRS

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Meteor M2-3 2025/08/13 08:48 UTC pass. I really need to get that QFH running some day. Still amazed how well that current dualband Diamond GP works with Meteor reception.

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Meteor-M2 4 pass 2025/08/12 12:40 UTC

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Todays Meteor-M2-3 0914 UTC pass. My QFH is still waiting to be deployed. This one was received using Diamond 2m/70cm GP via remote RTL-SDR receiver & SatDump. Starting point to begin wx satellite receiving after a gap of 20 years...

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Sun is shining, temps 0C, coffee, gear out and some 10m portable operations outside. #hamradio #qrp #x6100

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Weather is fine. Good to go for some DMR & APRS testing with Anytone AT-878UV Plus. BT audio connection to Touran is also running well. Nice to rx some DMR TG244 traffic on the road. #APRS

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Time to change NATO-waters after some storage period even the quality was okey after TDS and microscope check.

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Nice! Now I can get the latest radiosonde position information from my own receiver directly from wrist. #radiosonde

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@tzukran @your @esa @NOAASatellites @ESA_Tech Very interesting picture! I have some memories about that sat when it was still operating. Here is the APT picture received from it 17.05.2000 showing part of Finland. Turnstile antenna was used for receiving that pic.

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Summer fun in the evening. Spotting airplanes using thermal camera...

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Plans to continue something that was completed over 20 years ago...

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Got a case to create mailbox alert system using Ruuvitag. Here are some interesting side results from that small project. See more via blog.
https://t.co/yHeqznvvzw