HRWB 226 - Designing The Station Control System
Release Date: 12/30/2024
HRWB 226 - Designing The Station Control System
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode the tables are turned and George, KJ6VU, becomes the special guest. The topic is how he designed his station control system. The station controller is used to monitor and control key components in your remotely controlled ham radio station. The station controller can also be used to monitor and control a repeater system or any other critical equipment. We will discuss what you need for effective remote station control, how George went about designing his control system and how it works. Topics include the system architecture, circuit and physical design...
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HRWB 225 - QRP Radio Design with Jonathan KM4CFT
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we meet Jonathan Kayne, KM4CFT, the designer of a very popular new QRP radio called the CFT-1. Jonathan shares his journey from concept to production of his new radio design. The truly remarkable thing about his accomplishment is that he has achieved this in less than a year. Join us for a fun conversation and a bit of inspiration.
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HRWB 224 - 2024 Holiday Shopping Show
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we give you the buyer's guide to holiday cheer. The team put their heads together to come up with many suggestions for the workbench, ham shack and portable ops plus a few stocking stuffers. If you are buying for a loved one, best ham radio buddy or yourself, you are sure to find many great suggestions in this show.
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HRWB 223 - A Conversation with Bill Meara from the SolderSmoke Podcast
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we catch up with our good friend Bill Meara, N2CQR, the host of the SolderSmoke podcast. SolderSmoke is a haven for those of us interested in home brewing our own radio equipoment. Bill shares his experiences both at the workbench and also operating around the world. SolderSmoke was one of the inspirations behind the HRWB Podcast and we appreciate all that Bill and his team have done to bring great content to the ham radio community for the last 20 years.
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HRWB 222 - Disaster Prep with Thomas K4SWL and Josh K7OSH
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we catch up with our good friend and show regular Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL, to find out how things are going in the disaster recovery from hurricane Helene. We are also joined by our good frend Josh Higgins, K7OSH, from the Hoodview ARC and discuss what we should do, as amateur radio operators, to prepare for disasters.
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HRWB 221 - Thomas, K4SWL, On Hurricane Helene and Emergency Preparation
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode, our dear friend Thomas, K4SWL, tells us about the devestation in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Thomas shares his family's esperience and his advice for emergency preparation. We had so many interesting topics to talk about regarding emergency prep, workbench style, that we are going to do a follow up episode with our top tips for emergency prep sometime in the coming months.
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HRWB 220 - Projects and Portable Operating with Adam K6ARK
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we meet Adam Kimmerly, K6ARK, and avid outdoorsman, hiker, and ham radio operator. Adam has achieved Mountain Goat status by earning over 1,000 points in the Summits On The Air program. In addition to his outdoor adventures, Adam, a professional mechanical engineer, has designed some very innovative antennas, CW paddles and other cool ham radio accessories. Adam also has a very good YouTube channel. You can find him by going to "K6ARK Portable Radio" on YouTube. You can find Adam's products on his web site at k6ark.com
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HRWB 219 - Projects with Pat Hensley, W5WTH
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we meet Pat Hensley, W5WTH, a prolific designer and project builder. Pat has made several intersting radio and non-radio related electronic projects and he features them on his blog site Some of Pat's projects are very useful and some are just plain fun. Many projects are a blend of hardware (Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, etc) and software (c, Python, etc). Pat publishes all of his source code for us all to learn from. If you want to be inspired to build your first project you have come to the right place.
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HRWB 218 - 18650 Battery Tester Project with Rick, KC6UFT
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we bring back Rick England, KC6UFT, the designer of the 18650 battery tester. In a previous episode, Rick told us all about the need to test 18650, and other batteries, under load to determine their health. Rick has refined his tester design and shares his experiences and learnings with us on this episode. You will learn all about the proper way to test these popular lithium batteries and plans for making the testers available.
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HRWB 217 - Meet the European Ham Radio Show Team
Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
In this episode we meet Morten LB0FI, Kjetil LB4FH, Tobias DL3MHT, and Bård (Bob) LB5JJ from the European Ham Radio Show on YouTube. Walt, K4OGO, was not able to make the show this time. The European Ham Radio show is hosted by Morten and the team talks about many aspects of ham radio on their weekly YouTube show. Topics include radios, antennas, homebrew and a big dose of portable operating. We were invited to join them on their show a few months ago and had such a great time, we wanted to introduce them to our HRWB audience. We hope you enjoy the discussion of ham...
info_outlineIn this episode the tables are turned and George, KJ6VU, becomes the special guest. The topic is how he designed his station control system. The station controller is used to monitor and control key components in your remotely controlled ham radio station. The station controller can also be used to monitor and control a repeater system or any other critical equipment.
We will discuss what you need for effective remote station control, how George went about designing his control system and how it works. Topics include the system architecture, circuit and physical design and selection of key components like the microcontrollers that run the system and the node red software environment that provides the user interface.
The station controller will eventually be offered as a commercial product for sale through his company Sierra Radio Systems.