HAB Tracker Station
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| Project HAB Tracker Station | |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Contact | User:Costyn_van_Dongen, Maxell, Bertrik_Sikken |
| Last Update | 2014-11-25 |
Project page for the high altitude balloon tracking/listening station have set up in the space. This information is processed for the habhub.org map
Done
Hardware
- "ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM" dongle (RTL2838U, Fitipower FC0013 tuner) w/ input protection diode
- VK5QI HABAmp
- Antenna:
Diamond X-50NApparently not a Diamond, might be a Comet. We'll go with "collinear antenna for 70cm", N connector, three ground plane radials.
Software
- Windows XP, hostname "habtracker", IP 10.42.44.94 (MAC 00:21:70:02:62:0f)
- Start the machine with a magic WoL packet: 'wakeonlan -i 10.42.255.255 00:21:70:02:62:0f; ping habtracker'
- VNC: geheim ;-)
- Teamviewer ID: 675540724
Todo
Hardware
- Power the HABAmp from the the rtl-sdr dongle's USB connection, so we don't need so sacrifice a USB port for it.
- Metal box for shielding both the HABAmp and the rtl-sdr dongle. (something like [1] or [2])
- Coax stub filter for 430.350 MHz (PI2HGL) FM voice repeater. It causes the rtl-sdr to overload when TXes.
Pics
Current setup
The collinear antenna
Coax will leave/enter the building trough the little chimney
The ideal antenna mounting spot; the old zonnecollector
The magic pipe
Not sure what happened with the other hole there
The smell was't that bad
It pings!
Coax entering
oh hi
Look at the beautiful stainless steel bolts!
Oooooh!
The beauty
Old setup
First HAB decoding
We took out the Raspberry Pi. We still use the enclosure for the rtl-sdr dongle and HABamp
