Red Pitaya Remote Receiver Station
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1 Project Scope
The goal of this project is to set up a remote controlled shortwave receiver station that is connectable via HAMNET.
First, I installed two Chinese wideband preamplifiers. Later I heard that there was a special kit from Box73 / FUNKAMATEUR that did the job much better. My observation with the Chinese preamp was that the input of the SDR was highly overloaded, so I needed one with an adjustable amplification. Please check the instruction: http://www.box73.de/download/bausaetze/BZ-100.pdf
Once deployed, I understood that I needed to install Pavel Demon's firmware. Since the deployment at DB0MHB is a little out of reach, I needed to log into my Red Pitaya and make sure that the installation files go to the right place. I decided to build a deb package so that this job was easier.
The final goal is to have a recording / monitoring receiver that can fully be remote-controlled.
2 Component List
- Aluminium diecast case HAMMOND 1550F: 50 €
- Red Pitaya: 235 €
- Neutrik socket Cinch (power supply): 10 €
- Neutrik socket USB thru: 10 €
- Neutrik socket Ethernet thru: 10 €
- 25cm USB cable: 2 €
- 2x Telegärtner Lightning protection: 2x 50 €
- 2x pigtail N-SMA: 5 €
- DC DC Converter: 10 €
- Chinese wideband preamplifier: 10 €
- FUNKAMATEUR preamplifier specially designed for Red Pitaya: 50 €
- Teflon cable with SMA plug: 5 €
- Semi Rigid SMA/SMA: 5 €
- Voltage Limiter IC for 12V: 3 €
- LM2940L-12 ensuring that possible input voltage spikes will not damage my preamp
- 2x Ferrite Core: 3 €
- 2x N socket with pigtail: 10 €
- 1 PCB: 1 €
- M4 spacers: 5 €
- M3 spacers: 5 €
Overall total: 529 €
3 Programming
TBD
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