Hi everyone, I have five HelTec HT-HD01 V2 nodes. They are all flashed to openmanet so openwrt, batman V, 802.11s over 802.11ah.
All nodes are on the mesh, and all client devices are connected, but I can’t get any reticulum traffic to traverse the mesh. Nothing is delivered.
Is anyone doing this, and if so, can you help me?
I’m trying to improve or at least understand my experience with the prime video apps across my devices… I have mostly iOS devices, but my experience is pretty bad regardless of platform.
Basically, I’ll watch some episodes of a show (chopped, top gear, futurama, etc.) but if I leave the app and return later, the prime app usually fails to track what I’ve been watching, mostly recommending episodes I watched days or even weeks ago!
Sometimes it will ask if I want to resume an episode from a previously watched SEASON! It seems to not be able to keep track of what I’ve watched most recently. Sometimes I can pull/swipe down to refresh on the phone app, but the app has to think for about 20 seconds before updating what I’ve most recently watched (it usually comes to the right conclusion, but it’s dreadfully slow).
By comparison, Netflix, hbomax, YouTube, and ATV+ never miss a beat. So what gives? Amazon just doesn’t seem to give two sh*ts about their UX. Anyone else experiencing this?
I’m really excited about this! It’s so simple to get it working with gPredict. Power it up, connect it to your network, pop the ip address into gPredict, choose your sat and engage the rotator.
The support is way better than expected tbh. Everything about the above process is documented, complete with screen snips, on the GitHub page. The dev, Johnny, has responded to several of my questions, all within a day (extra cool given the time difference between us).
The rotator arrived from China (to USA) in about 25 days (average for a ship) and with no additional duties. It’s very well built and there was no weird fiddling or fuss.
When I first ordered this thing, I wasn’t completely convinced it would arrive as advertised, but between the level of support and the quality of the item itself, I feel quite good about the purchase. It even comes with a bracket to mount it on a standard speaker stand, so the presentation is nice and clean.
If you’re looking for a rotator and are on a budget, it’s worth considering…
So I have a conundrum… I have a fobos SDR which I am really liking, but it only works with SDR# 17xx. I’m trying to use it with gPredict, but there’s an old plugin that works with 16xx and a new plugin that works with 19xx, but I can’t get it to work with a version of SDR# that also works with the fobos.
I can also use SDR++, which will work with gPredict and the fobos, but SDR++ drops frames (Audio? Baseband?) and sometimes shifts the pitch of the received audio. It feels like it’s really struggling, but both clients only use about 25% of the available resources according to task manager (win11 LTSC).
Am I missing something?
So aside from the ic9700 and it’s predecessors, are there any single radios that can work linear sats? Since linear sats are SSB (or CW), the number of suitable options are cut WAY down when compared to FM sat hardware.
I’m looking for something a bit more portable and I’m honestly not a huge fan of the icom touch interface. There are plenty of SDRs that could be configured to use the right modulation and VFO control to compensate for Doppler, but none run any power, so multiple power amps and filters would be necessary when a solution like the 9700 has band specific connections with filters already in place.
I’ve searched and not found anything, but there are so many manufacturers these days!
Thanks for reading. 73!
Edit to clarify: I’m not trying to run “power” here guys… a BladeRF outputs +8dBm, so about .006 watts. I think we can all agree that I’d need an amp to work pretty much anything.
I’m looking for a SDR that will cover ~50MHz to 6GHz for a mobile install I’m doing with a toughbook FZ-G2. Everything is installed except for the SDR. I like that the blade has thermal options and an aluminum case that should give it an advantage in a thermally challenging environment.
Should I be looking at any alternatives? Are there competing products that have similar characteristics at a better price point? This device will mostly be used for sigint. I was looking at the kraken SDR, but using the thing would mean purchasing an android tablet and a raspberry pi, and that’s simply too many devices to integrate into this project. I don’t necessarily need to be able to tx, so if there’s something rx only that fits the bill, please let me know!
The Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association is proud to announce a partnership with Monarch Mountain At The Crest. Through this partnership, operators presenting their amateur license will receive a discount on tickets for the scenic tramway, allowing easy and convenient access to South Monarch Ridge (W0C/SP-058), a six-point summit in central Colorado. If you’re passing through the area, stop by and enjoy the tramway, which is celebrating 60 years of operation! The tramway is located on the continental divide at the top of Monarch Pass. Riding the tram is a unique way to reach a 12,000’ SOTA destination. It also makes the summit accessible to those who can’t hike significant distances. Make sure to bring a copy of your license to receive your discount (available to any licensee and your plus one)! https://www.monarchatthecrest.com
The Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association is proud to announce a partnership with Monarch Mountain At The Crest. Through this partnership, operators presenting their amateur license will receive a discount on tickets for the scenic tramway, allowing easy and convenient access to South Monarch Ridge (W0C/SP-058), a six-point summit in central Colorado. If you’re passing through the area, stop by and enjoy the tramway, which is celebrating 60 years of operation! The tramway is located on the continental divide at the top of Monarch Pass. Riding the tram is a unique way to reach a 12,000’ SOTA destination. It also makes the summit accessible to those who can’t hike significant distances. Make sure to bring a copy of your license to receive your discount (available to any licensee and your plus one)! https://www.monarchatthecrest.com
I’m looking for a SOTA spotting app that includes a bearing to the spot based on my location. I’m spending weekends at 12,000’ this summer and I’d love to be able to easily point my yagi at a SOTA spot using a bearing calculated based on my current position. Is there an app that can provide a bearing? I can see Pikes Peak and a dozen other 14rs from here and I’d love to maximize my QSOs!
I’m trying to configure a NetMetal ax via ANY interface that’s not ether1… I need ether1 to be used for uplink to starlink mini. I have a gigabit copper sfp installed and I’m connected via WiFi, but I can’t get winbox to connect to the NetMetal via WiFi or the sfp. What am I doing wrong? I just need to be able to connect to the NetMetal via an interface other than ether1 so I can configure the NetMetal while the starlink mini is connected to ether1.
I love the SDR world and want to become an avid user. Receivers are always improving and the applications are endless! Whether scanning trunked P25 radio systems or listening to shortwave broadcasts from around the world, SDRs are a welcome addition to any station.
My issue is that I transmit on various radio services and I’m always afraid that my transmissions will damage the front end of my SDRs, which leads me to not using SDRs as much as I’d like.
I have an sdrplay duo, rtl-sdr and I’d like to buy a kraken sdr, but these devices (not all at once) would be used in my vehicle, and antennas would all be less than five feet from transmit antennas transmitting with anywhere between 25 and 125 watts on frequencies between 1.6MHz and 520MHz.
I don’t want to damage the SDR(s), but I need to be able to transmit near them. I’ve thought about trying to design an “antenna shunt interlock” system, where if any radio transmits, the receiver inputs are shorted to ground during transmit. I have some Teledyne SMA coax switches (and some shorting sma caps) and could potentially get this up and running…
Do I need to do this? Are SDRs robust enough to take the abuse? Are some SDRs more forgiving than others? Can the kraken withstand one of its five antennas being about a foot from a HF antenna transmitting at 125w?
Any insight on how to best avoid damage to SDR receivers while in close proximity to transmitters would be greatly appreciated!!