Satellite - F5UII – French Hamradio Station

SDR Console make more ergonomic with a DJ controller and PTT foot switch

Make SDR Console more ergonomic for the radio operatoring

Posted onMonday November 1st, 2021Tuesday March 28th, 202317 Comments

I reveal how I improved the ergonomics of using SDR Console. Exit (partly) the mouse, the PC keyboard Lire plus …

DATV: How to encode in h.265 with an external HDMI encoder

Posted onWednesday August 5th, 2020Wednesday October 20th, 202112 Comments

In this new article, I propose to focus on the implementation of a small box, an H.265/H.264 video encoder. It offers the possibility to those who are equipped with a computer without a “modern” graphics card unable to encode in H.265 to still be able to transmit with this H265 “compression”. Lire plus …

How to transmit DATV over Qatar Oscar 100 with F5OEO firmware on Adalm Pluto SDR

Transmit digital television signals over Qatar Oscar 100 satellite

Posted onMonday May 4th, 2020Wednesday March 22nd, 202343 Comments

Following my previous articles about receiving and transmitting to the Qatar Oscar 100 satellite, here is an article that should be of interest this time those who wish to start emission of digital amateur television, commonly called DATV (Digital Amateur Television). A rather long article, but which explains step by step the operations to be implemented. Lire plus …

Control your transceiver and upconverter via SDR Console

Posted onMonday December 2nd, 2019Tuesday February 20th, 202416 Comments

Following my previous article dedicated to the transmission to the Qatar Oscar 100 satellite with SDR technology (LimeSDR, Adalm pluto), here is an article that will interest this time those who are equipped with up-converter or transverter and who use a “modern” station equipped with a serial CAT communication interface. Lire plus …

First activity on QO-100 from French Guiana

Posted onMonday October 14th, 2019Friday January 21st, 202210 Comments

As usual, I have the opportunity to return to Guyana at the end of October to participate with the radio club FY5KE RACK (Radio club of Kourou) at the CQ WW DX SSB 2019. a few days before the weekend, from 22 to 25 October 2019, and this as much as time allows, we hope to make the first contacts via the new geostationary satellite Qatar Oscar 100, from French Guyana. In this article, learn about the technical conditions under which this activation should take place. Lire plus …

The transmission over Qatar Oscar 100 satellite with SDR Console

Posted onWednesday August 7th, 2019Tuesday February 20th, 202454 Comments

Following my article about the reception of signals from the Qatar Oscar 100 satellite, here is an article that is intended to be a way to complete your station, this time treating the transmission way. You will find step by step how to set up your SDR station with the SDR Console software. Lire plus …

Receiving Qatar Oscar 100 satellite with SDR Console

Posted onWednesday April 24th, 2019Thursday February 4th, 202145 Comments

After two months of traffic via the geostationary satellite Qatar Oscar 100, I propose this short article on my blog. Its objective is to detail what is required to install a reception line, which allows the reception of SSB, CW, SSTV … and also amateur television. The solution presented is a priori the most universal, widely used by stations and fairly cost-effective. Lire plus …

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