User:Omegix/Notes/Amateur Radio

Outernet

• RTL-SDR
  • Super shitty MCX connector. Replacing with SMA.
  • Need to hack a bias T onto the board: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-bias-tee-hack/
    • for KuBand an LNB is needed. LNBs need a higher voltate. Here's an article on someone who did this with a different bias T: https://forums.outernet.is/t/a-ku-band-sdr-device/4539/2
• DIY Lband Outernet Patch Panel: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/building-and-testing-an-l-band-patch-antenna-for-inmarsat-c-reception/
  • Reflector Size: 170 mm x 170 mm
  • Patch Size: 98 mm x 98 mm
  • Corner Trim: 21 mm from top right and bottom left corners
  • Coax Connection (Probe): 25 mm from bottom edge
  • Height of patch from reflector: 7 mm
  • Had a pdf created of the design so people can print out their own template: https://owncloud.makerslocal.org/index.php/s/bvscCSrm6QXKAR9
• Outernet Software Installation
  • https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/outernet-l-band-on-linux/latest/outernet-l-band-on-linux.pdf
    • you will need to add this to the vagrant file: Vagrant::DEFAULT_SERVER_URL.replace('https://vagrantcloud.com')