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Amateur Radio

Repeater Project 2020

Here are the links to our project to instrument the Woodbridge Wireless repeater hut.

Instrumenting the Repeater - Project to add sensors to the WWI repeater
Battery Stack Monitor Updated - New Approach for the battery monitoring system
PowerMeter - Power meters for the Woodbridge Wireless Repeater. ESP32, Raspberry PI, MQTT, NodeRed
Repeater Graphs - brief explanation of the graphs used for the WWI repeater project
AllStarLink - project to allow Echolink and AllStarLink users access to the repeater.

General Notes and Projects

FD2020 NR4M vs W4IY - Compare NR4M to W4IY FD2020. Both stations had very similar configurations.
FD2020 Analysis - Analyze the skimmer spots from W4IY FD2020 operations.
gnuradio - setting up gnuradio
TimeServer - Building a time server using Raspberry PI
K3S - Notes about the K3S
SAMBA4 - Active Directory using Samba4, isc dhcp and bind
ESP8266 - notes about the ESP8266
PIC Chip Testing - Testing I2C with PIC Chip notes
Remote Control - Notes on using the Remote Rig remote control.
Contiki - Notes on 6lopan, motes and contiki
VirtualBox - notes about stuff in virtualbox
Manual Mount - manually mounting a crypto disk
Beverage Switch - New and improved! Vesion 2.0 of the Berage Antenna switch. Modernized to use Java and BeagleBone Black (BBB). (August 2014)
Power Switch - a simple PIC based switch to power transmitter based on two inputs from a CR10X data logger.
W7IY Antenna Switch - Version 2.0 of the W7IY Antenna switch used at W4RM contest station. Uses a beaglebone.
W7IY Antenna Switch Version 3.0 - Version 3.0 of the W7IY Antenna switch. Based on Version 3.0, but uses Java and JavaFX
Battery Stack Sensor - notes on building a voltage monitor for the repeater batteries
pskmail - Notes on pskmail, server and client
Visualizing Radio Contest Results - a way to look at operating patterns
Modeling an Array for K5OF - some notes on the model
Calibrate Sound Card - Use this procedure to calibrate your sound card using WWV
Geomagnetic - My office is located at the Fredericksburg USGS Geomagnetic Observatory.
Radio Interfaces - Analysis of the Microham Computer/Radio Interfacss. Which one is best suited for the VHF contest?
N1MM Voice Keyer - Setting up the N1MM Voice Keyer using the Ultimate Linking Interface (ULI)
Micro Keyer Notes - Notes on setting up the MicroHam MicroKeyer with N1MM and DXLAB (Home Ops)
Remote Control Radio - Control the ham radio over a network using Ham Radio Deluxe
Repeater - Repeater coverage, notes on investigating link between WWI and Manassas
HSMM - High Speed Multi Media, Hinternet
Ham Radio - QRP and Propagation Links.
APRS - Notes for APRS. APRS will be used during the upcoming VHF Contests. So we need to get educated.
Linking - Link disparate RF systems together using things like asterisk
Satellites - Notes about using the amateur radio satellites.
Skywarn - Amateur Radio and Weather
SDR - Notes about the using PowerSDR, Flex 5000A and Flex 1500 with N1MM Logging software
N1MM Networking - Talk to N1MM from external programs
Antennas - Antenna related references
Grounding - Exploring grounding measurements and implications
Skimmer - Combining DX clusters with SKIMMER
Stafford Schools - Predicted Results for 2010 Test
MARS - Navy Marine Corps Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS)
MARS Packet - Testing MARS packet
FAA Amps - Notes about modifying the FAA 6155 AMPs for the VHF contests
Web Based Remote Control Radio - Notes on building out a web based remote control for HF
Libre Writer Notes - Notes about using the incredibly frustrating Libre Writer.

W4IY Mountain Top Contest Station Configuration Guides

These pages contain notes about configuring the pieces of equipment, wiring diagrams, computer network drawings and everything else related to our W4IY VHF contests.

VHF Contests - Drawings, network diagrams, manuals, etc.
MicroKeyer and N1MM Configuration Notes - Microkeyer and N1MM configuration guide
MicroHam_Audio_Levels - Guide to setting the audio levels for N1MM and Microham DVK operations
WSJT - Configuration and other notes
VHF Contest Computer Checklist - A checklist for setting up the computer systems (work in progress)
N1MM Operating Tips - A couple of operating tips for using N1MM in the VHF contests

Operating

Various reports. Doesn't include all the time spent at other stations, like at W4RM, where I enjoy all the DX contests. I'm a member of PVRC and through W4RM's great record keeping, they awarded me with the PVRC 5 Million Points award.

ARRL SSCW 2006 - QRP Operation from home
Field Day 2007 - Notes on my 1B Battery, Field Day operation in Myrtle Beach, SC.
ARRL SSCW 2007 - QRP Low key operation from home. 199 Qs, 28,656 Points.
ARRL SSCW 2008 - QRP operation from WA0DYJ's station, placed 1st in VA! My first solo win. Used SDR-5000.
ARRL SSCW 2009 - QRP Operation from W4NF's station, first SO2R op and raw score of 100,100 points. 77 Multipliers and 650Q's. Division, State and #8 overall
ARRL SSCW 2010 - QRP Operation from W4NF's station. Division and State Winner
ARRL SSCW 2011 - QRP Operation from W4NF's station.
ARRL SS Phone 2011 - 100W operation from NI4VA.
MT Arecibo - EME QSO with KP4AO using simple UHF station
Headphones - Gathering info about replacement headphones
Contesting - Notes about contesting

Notes from the Contests

VHF June 2008 - Notes from June 2008, tried a lot during this contest! Extensive notes.
VHF June 2009 - Notes about things to do as a result of June 2009
VHF Sept 2019 - Notes about the VHF contest in 2019. Welcome digital modes!

Computers

General Notes

postfix - Notes on postfix
git - General notes about using GIT
Beagleboard - Custom work on the beagleboard
ipv6 - helpful hints
Recording Studio - setting up a home recording studio
Tools - A list of software tools I find useful
GPS Receiver Project Notes - Notes on hooking up Novatel GPS from E-bay - kind of extensive, now. --Stu 09:12, 21 January 2007 (EST)
Computer Stuff - Computer Stuff
Odds and Ends - Notes from various projects
Asterisk Notes - Notes for setting up an asterisk server
Stuff on the Bench - Things to play with, which might turn into projects
Learning the Wiki - Notes about learning my way around the wiki
Embedded Linux - Notes gearing up for embedded linux projects
Microcontrollers - Notes on microcontrollers and PICs
Temperature Sensor - Using a 16F628A to display the temperature from a DS1820 sensor
Lightning Detector - Notes for building a lightning detector
Programming - Notes on writing programs for Linux (Newbie stuff)
SSH - Fun with secure shell
strongSwan - Fun with IPSEC and linux
Kismet - Notes about Kismet
Cisco AP - Notes about configuring the 2106 and LAP1510
RoIP - Radio over IP - built a lab
RoIP Cisco - Using Cisco products for Radio over IP
E-Mail - notes for testing e-mail
Twinkle - H300, bluetooth and twinkle for Ubuntu 11.10
Extract Audio from Youtube - good way to get the audio from a you tube clip.

Wireless Network Architecture Project

Architecture - Wireless architecture patterns
Reference Design - Reference Design for the wireless architecture
Wireless Security - Background on wireless security. (802.11i)
Voyage Linux - WRAP - Notes on configuring the Voyage distro running on the wrap. (Researching WPA2 and 802.1x)
WRAP - Using the WRAP board from PC Engines, initializing the compact flash card
MANET - Collecting notes
Voyage Linux - Development - Notes on building components for Voyage Linux

Doesn't Fit

Things that don't fit in the categories above.