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My Equipment
Yaesu FT-991A, FTM-400 and the equipment that keeps the shack on the air.
View my equipment →73 • WELCOME TO THE RADIO SHACK
M7COV
ON THE AIR
Making contacts. Exploring frequencies.
Connecting the world from Coventry.
YAESU • HF TRANSCEIVER
RX/TX
14.074 MHz
USB
FT8
14.074.000
14.070
14.074
14.078
UTC • ONLINE
ANT 1
📡 M7COV RADIO SHACK
HF • VHF/UHF • FT8 • APRS • SSTV • SATELLITES • DX
73 FROM COVENTRY 🇬🇧
🎓 FOUNDATION TRAINING
Ready to test your radio knowledge?
The M7COV Foundation Study Centre is designed to help aspiring amateur radio operators learn the fundamentals through structured lessons, interactive quizzes and practice tests.
📚 20 Lessons
📝 Interactive Quizzes
🧠 Practice Questions
🏆 Mock Examination
FOUNDATION MOCK EXAM
Can you pass?
26
QUESTIONS
60
MINUTES
19/26
TO PASS
Work through the Study Centre and then put your knowledge to the test with our full Foundation mock exam.
01 / THE SHACK
Welcome to my radio world.
This is the home of M7COV — a place for amateur radio, experiments, contacts, photographs and the occasional rabbit hole down the frequency spectrum.
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DX & Logbook
Explore my contacts, bands, modes, countries worked and DX adventures.
View the logbook → Explore the DX map →
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APRS & Space
APRS, satellites, ISS activity and everything interesting happening above us.
Explore APRS →MY EQUIPMENT
The kit in my shack.
APRS51TNC
iGate/Digipeater
Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus
UHF/VHF Transceiver
Anytone D578UV II Plus
UHF/VHF Transceiver
What I use in the car
Yaesu FTM-400XD
UHF/VHF Transceiver
Used for APRS and listening to my local repeater GB3CV
Yaesu FT-991a
HF - UHF/VHF Transciver
Shack in a box
02 / DIGITAL MODES
Signals in the noise.
FT8, FT4, SSTV and other digital modes. This section will grow into a collection of frequencies, guides, software notes and my own experiments.
FT8
Weak-signal DX
FT4
Fast digital QSOs
SSTV
Pictures over radio
APRS
Position & messaging
03 / APRS
APRS — Connected to the shack.
M7COV is exploring APRS, packet radio and home iGate operation using the Yaesu FTM-400 and APRS51TNC.
STATION
M7COV
RADIO
FTM-400
TNC
APRS51TNC
APRS STATION
M7COV
STATUS: ONLINE
MODE: 1200 BAUD
RADIO: FTM-400
TNC: APRS51TNC
APRS READY
04 / RADIO JOURNAL
Latest from the shack.
My journey through amateur radio
Lessons, revision, mock tests and the journey through the world of amateur radio.
Getting started with FT8
Software, frequencies and what I have learned from making digital contacts.
Building the shack
Antennas, radios, accessories and the projects that happen between QSOs.