Many have heard of it, but few know what it is about. And it’s worth knowing. The M17 project is often called the future of digital radio in the global amateur radio community. For Poles, it is a reason to be proud, because the idea was created at the turn of 2018 and 2019 in […]
Category: Designs
GreenCube (IO-117) satellite and FT991
GreenCube is aimed at demonstrating an autonomous biological laboratory for plants cultivation on-board a CubeSat platform. The satellite project is managed by the S5Lab research team at Sapienza University of Rome https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/greencube-home/. The spacecraft has been launched on 13 July 2022 and it has been deployed in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) at approximately 6000 km […]
Wireless Communication in Polish Home Army 1939-1945
August 1 is another anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, so important to all Poles. This is an excellent opportunity to present the heroic struggle of the soldiers of the Uprising in terms of military radio technology. Thanks to my colleagues SP3LD and SP3CSD, I learned about Louis Meulstee’s publications on […]
QCX transceiver QRP in SSB version
In the post “QCX transceiver QRP CW ” Piotr SQ5JUP described his experience with the QRP Labs mini-transceiver. Below is how to build a QSX SSB from the new QCX+ kit. The contents of the QCX+ kit from QRP-Labs http://shop.qrp-labs.com/kits/qcxp is shown below. The boards were assembled step […]
Transceiver uSDX with Arduino Nano
Personally, I think that a “real” SDR radio is one where the radio signal is received by the antenna and then (possibly after passing through passive filtering circuits) is sampled by an analog-to-digital converter. Further processing of the signal takes place in the digital domain. However, the SDR category also includes other devices which to […]
Software Defined Radio with Arduino Nano
Arduino is a favorite toy for electronics enthusiasts. There are thousands of designs around these modules. Here’s the next one – the simplest and cheapest SDR receiver in the world! A “real” SDR radio is one where the RF signal received by the antenna is directly sampled by an analog-to-digital converter. Further processing of the […]
The PW-Sat2 satellite completes the mission, preparations for the PW-Sat3 launch are in progress
The PW-Sat2 satellite completes the mission, preparations for the PW-Sat3 launch are in progress Polish student satellite PW-Sat2 tested the sail for deorbitation, took thousands of photos, collected a lot of data. In January / February, it will burn in the atmosphere, ending the mission. In 2023, the PW-Sat3 alternately in orbit, the choice of […]
ADALM-PLUTO clocker
In the post “ADALM-PLUTO development kit for (not only) Es’hail-2 satellite”, the topic of the 40 MHz clock generator for Adalm-Pluto and 25 MHz for the LNB satellite converter was considered. The problem of the 40 MHz clock generator is somewhat solved by replacing the original micro-module of the generator with a more stable one, […]
Monitor for SG-Lab Power Amplifier
The 2.4 GHz 20W power amplifier from the Bulgarian company SG-Lab is widely used among the OMs (including QO-100 sattelite fans) [1]. In addition to the attractive price, this is also due to the excellent workmanship and delivery in the milled aluminum housing. The PA contains three internal directional couplers for measuring input, output and […]
N7DDC autotuner with power over coaxial cable
I made N7DDC popular ATU-100 antenna tuner in the basic version (5×5) in 2019, and I added my experience with it on our website in the post CHA-250B antenna by SP5GNI. The original documentation of the ATU-100 tuner can be found on the Github portal as well as elsewhere (example). The schematic diagram can be […]