Podcast appearances and mentions of sierra radio systems

The Station Controller is the newest project and product from Sierra Radio Systems, a company you might recognize from their famous Packtenna Antenna. Today I get to talk with George, the owner of the company, about this new Station Controller - designed for remote controlling your radio and peripherals inside of your HamshackWebsite link - https://www.packtenna.com/station-controller.html#/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0--2042782/support.

From one exiting product last week to another exiting product this week. George KJ6VU comes on to talk about the Station Controller that hopefully is ready for general release pretty soon.George is a man with many hats, you might have heard about both Packtenna and Sierra Radio Systems. He is also one of the hosts of the Ham Radio Workbench podcast.You can find out more about the Station Controller and more over at https://sierraradio.netIf you, by any chance, have not heard about Ham Radio Workbench, you can find out more over at https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/TEHRS is: @labcat73 @LB5JJ @LB4FH @LB0FI And sometimes @COASTALWAVESWIRES , @HAMRADIODUDE and @AH6UN_OE4JHW #amateurradio #hamradio #amateurfunk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode the tables are turned and George, KJ6VU, becomes the special guest.  The topic is how he designed his station control system.  The station controller is used to monitor and control key components in your remotely controlled ham radio station.  The station controller can also be used to monitor and control a repeater system or any other critical equipment. We will discuss what you need for effective remote station control, how George went about designing his control system and how it works.  Topics include the system architecture, circuit and physical design and selection of key components like the microcontrollers that run the system and the node red software environment that provides the user interface. The station controller will eventually be offered as a commercial product for sale through his company Sierra Radio Systems.  

In this episode we continue our deep dive into repeater building focusing on wide area repeater linking and an overview of digital repeater system management.  Special "guest" George KJ6VU has many years of experience building repeater systems and is also the designer of the Sierra Radio Systems repeter control systems used by large linking systems.  

In this episode we talk about what it takes to start your own ham radio business.  Whether you are a club who wants to sell a kit, a person who wants to start a side business or an entrepreneur who wants to start a company and make it your full time job, this episode touches on several aspects of the process.  We use real-world examples of Vince who makes keyer kits, George who has run Sierra Radio Systems and Packtenna and Mark who is starting up Halibut Electronics as a full time gig.

Continuing the discussion of digital technologies in Ham Radio, George and Jeremy invite Kenneth Finnegan W6KWF back to do a very deep dive on Packet Radio, AX.25, and KISS modes.  We talk TNCs, equipment, and practical applications of Packet Radio this week on The Workbench. Kenneth Finnegan - https://twitter.com/KWF http://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com MMDVM Zumboard - http://mmdvm.blogspot.com/ DStar Registration - http://www.dstargateway.org/D-Star_Registration.html DMR Registration - https://www.dmr-marc.net/cgi-bin/trbo-database/register.cgi New Elecraft AX1 Antenna - https://va2ss.com/2017/10/19/elecraft-ax1-ultraportable-1720-meter-antenna-system/ Pacificon - http://www.pacificon.org/ Microwave Update 2017 - http://www.microwaveupdate.org/ Sierra Radio Systems - http://www.sierraradio.net/ Motrolla CDM1250 - https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/two-way-radios/analog-business-radios/discontinued/cdm1250.html#tabproductinfo Motrola CDM1550 - https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/two-way-radios/analog-business-radios/discontinued/cdm1550.html#tabproductinfo eMMC to SD Card adapter - https://ameridroid.com/products/emmc-adapter Raspberry Pi Compute Module - https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/compute-module-3/ http://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2017/08/building-stand-alone-raspberry-pi.html TAPR - https://www.tapr.org/packetradio.html Bell 202 Modem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_202_modem TNC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_node_controller Nationwide Packet Network of BBS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system AMPRNet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet AX.25 - https://www.tapr.org/pub_ax25.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AX.25 TNC-X Raspberry Pi - https://tnc-x.com/TNCPi.htm Kantronics TNCs - http://www.kantronics.com/ Soundcard Packet - https://www.soundcardpacket.org/ Direwolf - http://info.aprs.net/index.php?title=Dire_Wolf AGWPE - https://www.sv2agw.com/downloads/ UZ7HO Soundcard Modems - http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm OSI Model - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model AFSK - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-shift_keying HDLC - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Level_Data_Link_Control KISS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_(TNC) Outpost Software - http://www.outpostpm.org/index.php Alinco - http://alinco.com/Products/ham/mbl/DR-135/ http://www.scc-ares-races.org/freqs/packet-freqs.html HR360 APRS Shows - http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/01/24/ham-radio-360-all-about-aprs-with-w6kwf/ http://hamradio360.com/index.php/2017/03/07/ham-radio-360-aprs-follow-up-listener-qa/  

George and Jeremy bring all of the Microcontroller knowledge together to a practical application as they break down the building of the Sierra Radio Systems Bay-Net Repeater Groups Remote Site Monitoring System. Yaesu Announces two new Handhelds FT-25R - http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=79E6683CC766565D2CB197C293AB6219&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0 FT-65R - http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=82DE38083B3DFC155A6A472F7FEFA8C7&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0 RTL-SDR.com AM/FM Broadcast Band High Pass Filter – http://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-com-broadcast-block-high-pass-filter-now-sale/ Prebuilt Raspberry Pi Image for using an RTL-SDR as a receive iGate - http://www.rtl-sdr.com/a-pre-built-raspberry-pi-image-for-using-an-rtl-sdr-as-an-aprs-rx-igate/ KF7IJZ AGM / Bioenno LiFePO4 / NEC LiFePO4 Battery Comparison – https://youtu.be/psjQ-FT6KY0 Bay-Net articles - http://www.bay-net.org/articles.html Dupont Connectors - http://amzn.to/2lffzq0 Special Crimp Tool-Dupont Connector - http://amzn.to/2l3WBk0 Visit our Antenna Analyzer Forum for updates and hacks - http://hamradio360.com/community/main-forum/ Sierra Radio Systems – http://www.sierraradio.net/ Cactus Intertie – http://www.cactus-intertie.org/ Beagle Bone Black – https://beagleboard.org/black-wireless Wavenode – http://www.wavenode.com/  

Ham Radio Micro-controllers & Linux *Listener Review of this show added to bottom of page A long time coming; Jeremy and George gather this time through to discuss Micro-Controllers and Linux for the Ham Radio Operator! Cale is away, so you know it's gonna be a good show with the guys!  Listen in as they describe all the different types of Micro-Controllers, Software and Hardware, Things to avoid and how to get the most from the Makers 'best friend'! Arduino:  https://www.arduino.cc/en/Products/Compare Raspberry PI:  http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Sierra Radio Systems:  http://sierraradio.net "Sierra Radio Hamstack Project Gallery" http://www.sierraradio.net/project_home.html Adruino: K3NG Ultimate CW Keyer - http://blog.radioartisan.com/arduino-cw-keyer/ (He also has a CW Beacon controller, rotator controller, etc) KK5JY Controller to remotely or automatically tune a mag loop antenna ala AlexLoop, etc - http://www.kk5jy.net/AutoCap-v1/ Antenna Analyzers w/ Arduino and cheap DDS boards from K6BEZ - http://www.hamstack.com/hs_projects/k6bez_antenna_analyzer.pdf, or from Jim Harvey:  https://github.com/jmharvey1/DDS_AD9850_AntennaAnalyzer Low powered digital mode using SI chip:  http://hackaday.com/2015/09/13/arduino-masters-ham-radio-digital-mode Hamshield for Arduino:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/749835103/hamshield-for-arduino-vhf-uhf-transceiver Using Arduino / Raspberry PI in High Altitude Balloons and Model Rocketry - http://makezine.com/projects/near-space-balloon-cam-with-arduino-and-aprs-radio/ SBC Linux ala Raspberry Pi Remote kit running FLDigi for portable digital ops - http://indyham.com/news/rasperry-pi-simple-install-script-for-fldigi-includes-rigcontrol-compiled/ Host for Digital Hotspot (DVAP, DVMega, DV4Mini, DVRPTRv1,MoenComm, etc -http://www.westerndstar.co.uk/html/downloads.html,  http://maryland-dstar.org/html/raspiberry.html , http://www.dvmega.auria.nl/, APRS Software - YAAC - http://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAAC.html and Xastir http://xastir.org/index.php/Main_Page TNC for your PI - http://tnc-x.com/TNCPi.htm OpenRepeater Controller - https://openrepeater.com/ PC Repeater Controller - Jonathan Naylor - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/pcrepeatercontroller/info ADSB Flight Tracking - https://uk.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ Raspberry PI SDR - https://learn.adafruit.com/freq-show-raspberry-pi-rtl-sdr-scanner Other Project - G0HWC - http://www.g0hwc.com/raspberry-pi-ham-radio.html Make Magazine: http://makezine.com/            Linux in the Ham Shack Podcast: http://lhspodcast.info/ Python Training Video: https://youtu.be/tKTZoB2Vjuk   Participate in Winter Field Day!    January 30-31 WFD: WebsiteFacebook: WFD FB Group Thanks for Listening Y'all! Title: Episode 43 is tremendous! Reviewer name: cb_abq Country: USA Date: January 13, 2016 Rating: Comment: Well done gentlemen! That is the most information delivered about microcontroller and embedded Linux systems related to ham radio, and other applications, that I have heard in any podcast, ever. This is great information to enable anyone, whether an EE, or just an interested consumer to build a project based on either of these closely related technologies. KJ6VU and KF7IJZ are really well informed and articulate on all things ham. Fantastic!

Episode 10 is here, and chock full of Great Information!  This time KJ6VU, George Z joins us to discuss Amateur Radio Repeaters-the workhorse of the hobby! With nearly 40 years of repeater building under his belt, he is a fountain of knowledge to be drawn from. George, KJ6VU is heavily involved with the Bay-Net Amateur Radio Club and Repeater Network, in the SF Bay Area of California. Bay-Net is an open amateur radio repeater system providing wide-area coverage for public service events and emergency communications. All radio amateurs are welcome to use the system. The system includes 2m, UHF and 900 MHz linked analog repeaters, a D-Star digital repeater, Echolink, and IRLP VOIP services. He is also part of the continuing innovation of Ham Radio through his company Sierra Radio Systems.   From Micro &  Remote Station Controllers to Repeater Site Controllers and Monitoring Systems Sierra Radio Systems works to further advance the Amateur Radio Hobby. You'll be hard pressed to pack more Repeater Knowledge into a single Podcast Episode!  Thanks for Listening! Like what you’re hearing?  Click on the Share Buttons Below! Show Notes: Bay-Net Linked Repeater System Cactus Inter-tie Repeater System Sierra Radio Systems/Hamstack IRLP Echolink Amateur Radio Newsline ARRL Audio News Pre Packaged Kits: the Ham Gear you need! Further Repeater Info Provided by Bridgecomm Systems 73, de K4CDN  

That's right, we've got yet another interview in this show. Is anyone screaming "UNCLE!" yet? George from Sierra Radio Systems and Nick from Pignology are our guests tonight, talking about several of their ham radio related products. They have a product launch they're doing at the Dayton Hamvention this year and wanted to let everyone [...]