Ham Radio
Experiments & Fun With Simon M0YKS
Yorkshire UK
Saturday, August 29, 2020
FlightAware Aircraft Tracking on 1090 Mhz - Improving the range
The FlightAware setup that I received from my good friend Pat W1DUK recently has been performing really well with the "Cantenna" 1/4 wave vertical antenna for 1090MHz. The set up comprises of a raspberry Pi with a FlightAware SD card and a FlightAware SDR USB Dongle, into a 1090 Mhz Antenna.
Today I was up early and with a freshly fabricated bracket I managed to clip the Cantenna up high in the sky on the top of the mast. The reception footprint has now become up to 200 miles and possibly further with a greatly improved omni-directional pattern. I am in the first couple of hours of testing and have seen the number of aircraft increasing from an average of 10 to 20 + aircraft at once being tracked. A great success so far!
A screen capture taken with my first go using the "Cantenna" 1/4 wave vertical mounted in the top window inside the house
A screen capture of much improved activity and reception range taken with the "Cantenna" 1/4 wave vertical mounted outside on the mast top.
The receive footprint screen capture taken with the "Cantenna" 1/4 wave vertical mounted in the top window inside the house - Range map.
A much improved footprint on this screen capture taken with the "Cantenna" 1/4 wave vertical mounted outside on the mast top -Range Map
Hope you found this interesting! Its great fun to do and relatively low cost! Once again Thank You Pat W1DUK and the guys and girls at Ham Radio Outlet for this awesome gift! I have really enjoyed trying it out and providing the feedback and will continue to play! 73 All.
Well guys I have had a busy few months playing radio and staying safe at the same time! I am back at work now and decided to post a few of the videos that I recently created! I hope everyone is safe and healthy and if you haven't seen these yet enjoy!
Operating a Yaesu FT-847 on the Satellite bands using VHF and SSB.
A quick DX catch up with Kurt in Trinidad. Beautiful signal as always!
Upgrade made to the Diamond F-23 high gain 2M band mono band vertical antenna
On my way back from Burnley in Lancashire over the hill tops!
IOTA 2020 Warm Up
A quick pass from a couple of FM Satellites
M0YKS mobile ham radio FT-857 DX Machine
Out and about in the DX Machine with the family. We visited some great local countryside and played radio in between. Total distance travelled was 80 miles round trip.
Ham Radio Communication - RS0ISS - M0YKS
Using a PC running windows 10, Orbitron 3.71 & MMSSTV 1.13A with a Yaesu FT-847 Transceiver, connected to a G-5500 controller/rotator which operates two antenna's. The antenna used today was a 5 element Yagi beam. The reception frequency was 145.800 Mhz FM Wide band.
Signal transmitted from onboard the International Space Station ISS - RS0ISS.
Reception by M0YKS Bradford UK IO93CU.
COM - 232B - A new addition to my shack to control my satellite rotator automatically via my PC.
My good friend Pat W1DUK sent me a fantastic mysterious package. Check out the video to see what it is. THANK YOU PAT W1DUK.
Demo of the new mysterious package received from Pat W1DUK and the guys from Ham Radio Outlet. Thank you Pat!
Working into Eu and the UK using amateur radio satellites.
Satellites were AO-91 and AO-92 which are strong signals operating on FM.
EQUIPMENT- YAESU FT-847 TX/RX, YAESU G-5500 ROTATOR, COM 232B INTERFACE, 437 OSCAR X BEAM, 145 5EL YAGI, ans OBITRON.
Playing radio/p in between the family fun at the Cabin 1000 ft ASL
And finally hours and hours of live streaming from the shack
Catch me streaming live from the shack on My Youtube Channel Each and every Sunday at 21-00 UTC.
