Radio

Amateur Radio is probably my most important non sporting hobby. It has shaped my interests, my career, the things I do in the hackerspace and the way I spend almost all of my non-professional time. I currently operate as MM0RFN, ex 2M0HIB & MM3ZRZ.

These are the collected results and thoughts from my years of experimentation and play in this area.

Month of April: High Altitude Ballooning

For the most part, the station has been tracking balloons this month as part of it’s duty in supporting university academic activities. The balloons launched were student built projects for masters projects, and they all worked to varying degrees of success. Initially we had Project Strathosphere, however this was launched on a day that I wasn’t able to track it and as such there’s no data downlinked, however it was launched and recovered successfully, admittedly with a little bit of luck. …

About STAC Station

Below is a basic overview of the hardware that was set up and used for my Satellite Tracking activities at University! STAC station at Strathclyde University is a student-driven experiment into low power, low cost Satellite communications for academic research purposes. The station is also closely linked with WoSARS, who have been very supportive in the initial stages of the set up. Currently the only person licensed to operate from the station is Dave, MM3ZRZ. …