It is winter here in New England and it is not the best time of year to work outdoors. Despite the weather, I have been able to complete a few finishing touches on our new Satellite and 6m Tower. We’ve added a Tower Camera to enable us to view the operation of our antennas from our home or remotely. We also added a J Mode desensitization filter to improve operation with VU mode satellites such as SO-50 and FO-29. You can read more and view some sample vide from the IP camera via the link below.
We have received several requests to share the image and construction details for the Raspberry Pi Satellite Tracker Interface. We use the Sat Tracker interface with MacDoppler as part our Portable Satellite Stations. The Sat Tracker described in the article uses a Raspberry Pi Computer with a touch screen interface to interface MacDoppler to Green Heron Engineering RT-21 Rotator Controller(s). You can read about how to build your own Sat Tracker Interface via the link above.
The Nashua Area Radio Society tries to do something new each time we engage in an Emcom or other major field operation. We decided to try Winter Field Day for the first time this year and we made one ofour new elements a capable portable station for 160m.
It’s almost impossible to field an effective 160m station with only a Transmit antenna. Transmit antennas typically are too noisy for effective operation on the low bands. We decided to try a Beverage On The Ground antenna for the receive side of our 160m station. This proved to be a great choice.
You can read more about our project and how it performed via the link above.
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