by Tony | May 1, 2020 | Amateur Radio, Satellites
As the first step on my mission to activate all Kansas State Parks for Parks on the Air, I decided to visit the park nearest to my home in the suburbs of Kansas City – Hillsdale State Park. This park has numerous RV and tent campsites as well as a few day areas...
by Tony | Apr 19, 2020 | Amateur Radio, Satellites
MARCH 6, 2025 UPDATE: While I haven’t made any progress on this since 2020, I have decided to restart my efforts in 2025 to visit each Kansas State Park and activate it on satellites. My goal is to complete the original mission by the end of 2026. I have visited...
by Tony | Apr 5, 2020 | Flying, Projects
When I was still in graduate school a few years ago, my office was in the center of a building which meant no windows and no way to quickly see the weather outside. This motivated me to make a project that would display the current weather on my desk. Being a pilot, I...
by Tony | Mar 24, 2020 | Projects
I originally made this intervalometer to photograph the 2017 total solar eclipse. I wanted to make a portable and simple intervalometer out of parts I had laying around. I had a small enclosure with a front panel cut out for a keypad, LED, and switch from an old...
by Tony | Mar 15, 2020 | Projects, Satellites, Uncategorized
Although I really like the Kenwood TH-D74 for its long list of features, being an HT, the user interface is not well suited to satellite operations. In particular, for linear satellites where I may need to continuously vary the tuning throughout the pass, it is tough...