Author Archives: pa3weg

The holidays are over, back to work. After enjoying a week in the forests and on the “veluwe” I’m back in daily reality now. Classes have started, and there is a ton of work at the company. In the mean … Continue reading →

This year, I attended the colloquium again and gave a presentation about the delfi-c3 mission results. It was great fun to be there and meet up with amateur radio satellite enthusiasts. My presentation is available for download under the delfi-c3 … Continue reading →

For now I’ve reconfigured another server as WebSDR. Unfortunately it only has one soundcard. This is a temporarily solution and this server will be replaced by a new WebSDR server still in the works. Please note that the WebSDR is … Continue reading →

Once again, the harddisk of the WebSDR server failed. I’m now suspecting the IDE controller to be faulty as well. During the coming days I will be building a new WebSDR server

Today at 09:00 UTC, SAQ aired for the annual celebration of alexanderson day. The signal was received using the websdr. A second transmission will take place around 12:00 UTC today. tune in at http://websdr.PA3WEG.nl

During the last couple of weeks I spent some thime looking for a good quality photo album generator program / script / webscript. I did not find something that completely suits my needs, but I’m also too lazy to code … Continue reading →

Koen PE1RCW sent me this screenshot of tropo QSOs on the WebSDR. Unfortunately he could not be in his shack so he used the WebSDR to listen to the stations.

In the night following on 25 May, a severe thunderstorm struck large parts of Hollands west coast. The WebSDR was just fine at 85m ASL. Fortunately, all cables are equipped with lightning arrestors and everything is properly grounded. During the … Continue reading →

I have retuned the 2m receiver to the 70cm satellite segment in anticipation of the launch of CP6 from CalPoly. CP6 will transmit a beacon on 437.365 consisting of a CW beacon followed by AFSK data.

Today I have returned the Direct Conversion receiver to service and adjusted the local oscillator to 144.340MHz. The 2m receiver can now be used to observe the SSB and beacon segment of the 2m band. This was done because of … Continue reading →