Goodbye & goodnight to KD9OLN #hamradio #amateurradio
This video is absolutely clickbait and I had a hard time keeping a straight face recording the intro.
Thank you to my Patrons: Santiago - Hamworldonline Lionel - KJ7OFH Steve - KO4AFL Brian D. Alek - NO4G Mike - N2MAK Paddy Roche David B. Ken - AC0TG Robert - W5ITR, Digital Rancher Nate - NA9TE Doug Birky - KB8M Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV Rodger McKeon Aaron Lindemann Michael - KD8GIJ Ranae Six - KR5SIX Vern Six - KV6SIX Tracy - W7AWE ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsNUDttEAlw
I'm finally ripping off the bandaid. My scatter brain forgets to do this and my aversion to spending money keeps me from spending it when I do remember to rip the bandaid. My lovely wife reminded me that I had yet to get this done and she was tired of hearing me complain about my current fan dipole antenna setup.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqgcaZB_fdI
Last year I sold my RV at the beginning of the year.
I needed a place to stay and sleep while working at the drop zone. My initial plan was to sleep in my station wagon. Then my father in law died and I ended up buying his old truck.
This is the transformation of that truck as a truck camper for me to sleep in at the drop zone and while doing parks on the air far from home.
In this one I build the power distribution box that will let me use my 280Ah battery as a means to power the stuff that I will have in the back of this truck.
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Anderson Power Products SB50 Connector Kit, 50 Amps
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As always, thanks to my Patrons on Patreon:
Santiago - Hamworldonline
Lionel - KJ7OFH
Steve - KO4AFL
Brian D.
Alek - NO4G
Mike - N2MAK
Paddy Roche
David B.
Ken - AC0TG
Robert - W5ITR, Digital Rancher
Nate - NA9TE
Doug Birky - KB8M
Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV
Rodger McKeon
Aaron Lindemann
Michael - KD8GIJ
Ranae Six - KR5SIX
Vern Six - KV6SIX
Tracy - W7AWE
Chase - KI5IRE
Andru - WF9N
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w770S5G3H4Y
Bill of Materials
Raspberry Pi (Pick one)
Raspberry Pi 4 (At the time of publishing near impossible to get): https://amzn.to/3GIGYXm
Raspberry Pi 3 (At the time of publishing near impossible to get): https://amzn.to/3GNh04P
SDR (Pick one)
ASBExchange unfiltered: https://amzn.to/3HSFGKD
ADSBExchange with build in 1090MHz filter, stub antenna, & microSD card: https://amzn.to/3HRcuno
RTL-SDR: https://amzn.to/3gN444A
Antenna (if you want something specific to 1090MHz - Pick one)
Nooelec 1090MHz antenna: https://amzn.to/3sIWSf9
ADSBExchange 1090MHz antenna: https://amzn.to/3BlmLFP
Tenmory 1090MHz antenna: https://amzn.to/3GUojHX
MicroSD Card for the Pi (Pick one)
SanDisk: https://amzn.to/34HbjZl
Samsung: https://amzn.to/3gOy3cp
ProGrade: https://amzn.to/3HKcyVX
1090 Filter (Pick one)
ADSBExchange: https://amzn.to/3GOUc4S
FlightAware (includes pigtail & stub antenna): https://amzn.to/3HPWdPr
Raspberry Pi 4 Case: https://desalvoinc.com/collections/frontpage/products/maker-block-case-for-raspberry-pi-4
The Process:
Install Raspberry Pi OS on the MicroSD Card
Click on the sprocket
Set the option for hostname to something you can differentiate on your network
Set the WiFi connection to whatever network you are going to use
Set the password on the user "pi"
Set the SSH Option to enabled
Insert the MicroSD card into the Raspberry Pi
Connect the SDR, Filter, Antenna together
Connect the SDR to the Raspberry Pi
Boot the Raspberry Pi
Log into the Raspberry Pi with the user "pi" and whatever password you set during the installation of the Raspberry Pi OS to the MicroSD card
Issue the command "ip address" this will give you the IP Adresses of the network interfaces on the Raspberry Pi. In the list of interfaces eth0 is the wired ethernet connection and wlan0 is the wireless interface.
SSH into the Raspberry Pi
Windows: download an SSH Client like PuTTy
MacOS: Open the terminal application
Linux: Open the terminal application
Windows - Run PuTTy and in the destination window type the IP address of the Raspberry Pi. Make sure to select SSH as the type of connection. You can download PuTTy from:
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
MacOS - In the terminal type "ssh pi@IP Address of Raspberry Pi"
Linux - In the terminal type "ssh pi@IP Address of Raspberry Pi"
When prompted for the password, type the password you put in when you were setting up the image of the Raspberry Pi. If you didn't set a password the default password is "raspberry"
Issue the command to run the Wiedhoph ReadSB Install script:
sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-scripts/raw/master/reads
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUo8eBu_Cno
Back in the skies over Rochelle Illinois working 146.500MHz trying to connect with KD9LVR in Horicon Wisconsin. We tried on jump #9 but he kept on getting stepped on by other stations. I hope to have QSL postcards in the mail this week.
On this jump:
W9FFF
KC9NZW
W9ALK
KD9IXA
KB9OOQ
If we talked on jump 9, have no fear, I will log it and send QSL cards for it. I forgot the SD card for my radio and the video is about as dry as the Sahara. I'm not going to post that up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifit3ROnoks