JI1FGX/DU9 Amateur Radio Diary, Mindanao, Philippines, IOTA OC-130.
English. Japanese.



Yesterday's access.
Introduction. [Lily Diary.
A diary of life in Mindanao.

25/09/13  3.5MHz SWR increased
25/09/12 3.5MHz Zepp antenna adjustment
25/09/10  Geostationary satellite QO-100
25/09/09  Preparing for the satellite station
25/09/08  DU9JJY satellite station
25/09/07  14MHz late at night
25/09/03  Mitsubishi Strada Pickup Truck
 Oil Change
25/08/18 WSJT-X Automatic operation Ver0.1.0
25/08/18  JTDX Autonomous operation Program Ver0.6.3
25/08/10  Software List
25/07/26 AutoCWType_Ver1.5.8
25/07/20  Create one month's worth of ADIF files from JTDX Ver 2.6.5
25/07/19  Japan's Radio Wave Usage Tax
25/07/13  IARU HF Contest
25/07/10 Software updates
25/07/08 DXV500ZS linear amplifier repair
25/07/07 CQ Machine Program
25/06/21 LoTW system upgrade
25/06/18 RG8 for 3.5MHz arrived
25/06/15  Time setting Ver0.5
25/06/14 Drone Habsan ZINO arrives
25/06/12 Philippine Independence Day
25/06/11 Algeria 7X2RF QSL card.
25/06/10 Translation API Program
25/06/09 DXCC150 award certificate arrived
25/06/08 AutoCWType_Ver1.4.1
25/06/07 Introducing the Shack
25/06/06 A portrait drawn by ChatGPT.
25/05/26 Windows full-width/half-width switching.
25/05/17 OK2ZAW BCD to 16 converter.
25/05/16 For 3.5MHz Zepp antenna.
Stepping motors
25/05/15 3.5MHz stepping motor design.
25/05/14 3.5MHz tuning coil installed.
25/05/11 3.5MHz antenna installation completed.
25/05/03 JTDX Autonomous Driving Program Ver0.4.3.
25/04/26 Drone Habsan ZINO.
25/04/25 Time setting Ver0.3.
25/04/24 AutoCWType_Ver1.3.
25/04/23 Preparing for FTDX3000 LCD repair.
25/04/22 Installation plan for 3.5MHz Zepp antenna.
25/04/21 AutoCWType_Ver1.1.
25/04/20 10,14MHz antenna installation completed.
25/04/19 JTDX Autonomous Driving Program Ver0.4.1.
25/04/19 14MHz antenna pole installed.
25/04/18 ThinkPad X390 repair completed.
25/04/17 Search is now possible.
25/04/15 Preparing the 10MHz dipole.
25/04/12 Hexbeam Part8.
25/04/06 My ThinkPad X390 is broken.
25/04/05. Time setting program.
25/03/31 JTDX Autonomous Driving Program.
25/03/30 Automatic log sending from CWType to Hamlog.
25/03/21 Hexbeam Part 7.
25/03/20 FreeDV Part 3 First QSO.
25/03/18 FreeDV Part 2 QSO in the shack.
25/03/16 Hexbeam Part 6.
25/03/15 Install FreeDV Part1.
25/03/09 Hexbeam Part5.
25/03/07 Hexbeam Part 4.
25/03/05 28MHz antenna modification
25/03/01 FTDX3000 is broken!
25/02/28 Pileup at 50MHz FT8.
25/02/28 DXV500ZS linear amplifier repair.
25/02/27 Tower pipe rebuilding plan.
25/02/26 Direction to Japan from Ozamiz.
25/02/26 28MHz is not available.
25/02/23 DXV500ZS linear amplifier repair.
25/02/22 Hexbeam Part 3
25/02/21 Hexbeam Part 2
25/02/18 28MHz antenna construction.
25/02/17 18,24MHz antenna height construction.
25/02/16 Z26NS Cosovo.
25/02/14 21MHz FT8
25/02/12 7,21MHz antenna repair.
25/02/08 Operating CW at 21MHz.
25/02/05 DXV500ZS linear amplifier failure.
25/01/19 Input Director.
25/01/14 Temporary license renewal.
DU9JJY satellite station (2025/09/08)
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.
DU9JJY communicating with ISS NA1SS.
September 7, 2025.   September 9, 2025.