This time we head up and do a classic New Zealand day walk with an extra summit thrown in for good measure!
This is a longer format video – it is full of ranting as a result. I am.. sorry?
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I am joined by Adam to break down what to look for in a SOTA Backpack. We go how, the types of backpacks, how to measure yourself, and how to select a size of backpack.
The AirSpy Mini is a Software Defined Radio that is capable of receiving signals from 25 MHz to 1700 MHz, almost any radio frequency with voice or two way radio signals.
Today I give a brief overview and demo of the AirSpy Mini being used with the SDR# software.
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Listen to Almost Any Radio Frequency with the AirSpy Mini SDR
0:20 What is the Airspy Mini SDR?
2:46 Where can you purchase AirSpy products?
3:50 What can you receive using SDR# and AirSpy?
6:14 Listening to Amateur Radio
6:52 Listening to Aircraft Traffic Control
7:16 FM Broadcast Band
8:05 Demonstrating the SDR’s use as a Spectrum Anaylser
9:28 What do you listen to?
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Installing HamClock isn’t easy, but I show you how and I also give it that extra TO twist to make it start on boot and stay full screen. This is a great addition for your wall of gear in your shack. Now if only I had a matching weather station to go with it!
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👉Mount the SD card on your workstation and create a zero byte file on the boot volume called `ssh` to enable ssh at first boot. The username will be ‘pi’ with a password of ‘raspberry’
👉Add this file to the boot volume also, call it ‘wpa_supplicant.conf’:
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=US
network={
ssid="YOUR WIFI SSID"
psk="YOUR WIFI PASSWORD"
}
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tar -xzvf ESPHamClock.tgz
sudo apt install libx11-dev -y
cd ESPHamclock
make -j 4 hamclock-800×480
sudo make install
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mkdir -p /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi
use your favorite editor to create the autostart file
[edit] /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
@xset s off
@xset -dpms
@xset s noblank
@hamclock
👉Turn off Raspberry Pi LEDs
use your favorite editor to create turn off the LEDs in /etc/rc.local
sudo [edit] /etc/rc.local
echo 0 (GREATER THAN SYMBOL) /sys/class/leds/led0/brightness
echo 0 (GREATER THAN SYMBOL) /sys/class/leds/led1/brightness
👉 Configure
In the terminal type ‘hamclock’ and go through the configuration screens
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Whilst everyone in the USA enjoys summer field day, us here in VK have battled through our VHF/UHF winter field day! We have a new van and have levelled up with our radios now all within easy reach and comfort. Check it out!
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 We have a new Field Day van! Winter Field Day 2021
0:18 Chilly start, but the suns out and advertising amateur radio
1:36 Operating location and previous FD’s
2:50 Tour of the Field Day antennas
3:46 Van tour
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Making my first QSO’s with the new Kenwood TS-890S ham radio transceiver. Please subscribe & share. More TS-890 videos are on the way!
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