Posted in Digital Modes Projects

Connecting an old Weather Station to APRS

Is it possible to take an old weather station with no computer connectivity and pull the data to send to APRS? Turns out, this is a fairly doable project with certain models of weather stations. In my case, an older Acurite 5-in-1 weather station with a remote display worked perfectly. Let’s take a look at how!

Decoded image from the ISS
Posted in Digital Modes Events

Russian ISS SSTV Event

The International Space Station is currently running a special SSTV event to celebrate the Russian Cosmonautics Day. Amateur Radio operators are able to receive images from the ISS with nothing more than a VHF radio.