DU9JJY Tasmi Datumanong from Cotabato, Mindanao.
Actively on air from 3.5MHz to 430MHz
I have been communicating with FT8 on 7MHz and CW until now.
We also chat every day on messenger
And what's amazing is that it uses satellite communications.
There are only three satellite communication stations in Mindanao.
DU9JJY purchased an ICOM IC-9700 and an IC-718 (which isn’t released in
Japan) from Yahoo! Auctions Japan.
He also acquired a YAESU G-5500DC elevation rotator for satellite communications
And the YAESU FT-101E that DU9JJY treasures.
It is mainly used for CW at 7MHz.
DU9JJY invited me to 'Please try satellite communication'
I’m thinking of visiting his home next time, but it’s a five-hour one-way
trip to Cotabato.
On top of that, we have to pass through an area where guerrillas are actively operating.
I used to have a YAESU FT-847 satellite-compatible radio that could broadcast on VUHF, but it was destroyed by lightning.
Unfortunately, the only VUHF radio I have at the moment is the Alinco mobile DR-620.
However, I installed the software SatPC32 on my PC and Look4Sat on my smartphone.