MicroHAMS September 15, 2015
Participants
Javier
Phil
Dave J
Bill Vodall WA7NWP
Scott S
Tim
Wayne
Don
Art
Peter
David
Cameron KG5GHQ
Events
Seattle Maker Fair this weekend
SEP 26 Spokane Hamfest Washington state convention
SEP 26 Scouting Radio and Electronics Merit Badge and Tech License – contact Tim KK7TM@KK7TM.com
Agenda
Bill Vodall — WSPR and his Raspberry Pi-based beacon!
Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSPR_(amateur_radio_software)
Bill’s website: http://wa7nwp.blogspot.com/
K1JT Author’s website: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wspr.html
WSPR Network: http://wsprnet.org/drupal/
RADWAV SKyPi-40 XCVR Bundle: http://radwav.com/special.html
Amateur Logic episode discussing the Raspberry Pi WSPR shield
RTL-SDR
New and improved RTL-SDR available on Amazon for $20 http://amzn.to/1SLPS6F
New book: Hobbyist’s guide to the RTL-SDR by Carl Laufer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KCDF1QI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00KCDF1QI&linkCode=as2&tag=book0674-20&linkId=XHRIQAZC3JVLUJWM
KIO hex beam antenna: http://www.k4kio.com/