Bryan B.
@technoweenie1.bsky.social
Technology Geek. Stage Lighting. Weird Stuff.
Went and got both my flu and covid shots today. My cell phone reception hasn't been this good in a long time!!! 😂
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Went and got both my flu and covid shots today. My cell phone reception hasn't been this good in a long time!!! 😂
The insane conga line of arrivals to Oshkosh Air Venture 2025.
July 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The insane conga line of arrivals to Oshkosh Air Venture 2025.
Lots of go-arounds at YYZ this evening. Nervous pilots?
February 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Lots of go-arounds at YYZ this evening. Nervous pilots?
Well the phasing/matching harness is done for my 70cm cross-yagi. Make sure you check your coax's VP with a mini VNA and stripline. Mine was supposed to be 66% but turned out to be 62% for RG58 and 60% for RG59. VP specs are given for 100MHz only. #amsat
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Well the phasing/matching harness is done for my 70cm cross-yagi. Make sure you check your coax's VP with a mini VNA and stripline. Mine was supposed to be 66% but turned out to be 62% for RG58 and 60% for RG59. VP specs are given for 100MHz only. #amsat
So I switched from my normal discone monitoring antenna to my home built Parasitic Lindenblad antenna since the discone had what appeared to be polarization fading. Turns out the RHCP Lindenblad has the same issue. These cube sats are just hard to get really well.
January 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So I switched from my normal discone monitoring antenna to my home built Parasitic Lindenblad antenna since the discone had what appeared to be polarization fading. Turns out the RHCP Lindenblad has the same issue. These cube sats are just hard to get really well.
Not too bad a capture of NOAA 19 on a direct overhead pass, considering my ATA is cut for 145.800 MHz.
January 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Not too bad a capture of NOAA 19 on a direct overhead pass, considering my ATA is cut for 145.800 MHz.
Hard to find a good list of active SSTV sats. I pulled a list of all sats from Satnogs db and sorted out the ones listing SSTV frequencies. Here is what I have in my GPredict (minus ISS).
Only heard from UmKA1, Arctic Sat 1 and Monitor 3 so far. Nothing from the rest.
Only heard from UmKA1, Arctic Sat 1 and Monitor 3 so far. Nothing from the rest.
January 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hard to find a good list of active SSTV sats. I pulled a list of all sats from Satnogs db and sorted out the ones listing SSTV frequencies. Here is what I have in my GPredict (minus ISS).
Only heard from UmKA1, Arctic Sat 1 and Monitor 3 so far. Nothing from the rest.
Only heard from UmKA1, Arctic Sat 1 and Monitor 3 so far. Nothing from the rest.
Pretty decent SSTV decode of Arctic Sat 1 (NORAD 61762) pass overhead. These birds are hard to get well as they are lower power than ISS. Using a roof mounted discone antenna, with a 20db LNA4ALL into the RTL-SDR. Decode by MMSSTV.
#AMSAT @petervogel.bsky.social
#AMSAT @petervogel.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Pretty decent SSTV decode of Arctic Sat 1 (NORAD 61762) pass overhead. These birds are hard to get well as they are lower power than ISS. Using a roof mounted discone antenna, with a 20db LNA4ALL into the RTL-SDR. Decode by MMSSTV.
#AMSAT @petervogel.bsky.social
#AMSAT @petervogel.bsky.social
Getting ready to do the lighting for the first Christmas concert of the season. Sound check for the Fitzgerald's from the Ottawa Valley area in progress.
December 7, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Getting ready to do the lighting for the first Christmas concert of the season. Sound check for the Fitzgerald's from the Ottawa Valley area in progress.
I think my 🇨🇦 cat has had it with the news coming out of the US today.
November 15, 2024 at 12:42 AM
I think my 🇨🇦 cat has had it with the news coming out of the US today.