Growing tired of having my radios roll around in my vehicle while out and about, I made the decision to get a RAM mount to mount everything to. I didn't want to drill any holes to install it, mainly due to most locations being inadequate for that method of mounting, so I instead opted for …
ARISS Series 19 Lunar Exploration SSTV Event
The International Space Station held another SSTV event during the Winter 2021 break and I was determined to catch all of the images that they would broadcast this time around. They were to be all related to lunar exploration, past, present and future. I had dabbled with receiving SSTV images from the ISS previously, but …
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Solar Box Update
A few months back I had purchased a new enclosure to hold the guts of the solar box. The original plastic ammo can was beginning to show fatigue at the bottom from lifting the box with the battery installed within. This wasn't going to be good for a permanent field deployment of this box in …
Flying Monkey 03 – Status: PRESUMED DESTROYED
I finally got around to flying the Flying Monkey 03 in sport mode for the first time this past Tuesday. Everything was going well. Did a fast pass down the length of the canal then stopped and turned around to come back. Got everything lined up and pushed up on the stick to accelerate. Only …
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2 Meter Range Test Project
New project time! I've been wanting to test out the range of cheap and readily available amateur radios (specifically the Baofeng UV-5R) on simplex frequencies and finally got around to doing it. This is in preparation for the second phase of the solar box project which will pair that project with a simplex repeater setup. …
ISS Contact
A few months back, I purchased an Arrow II satellite antenna so that I can get better results when the International Space Station has their SSTV events. There are usually only a handful of events each year, and I've missed most of them since the first one I participated in back in February 2019. The …
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