Author Archives: Steve Smith
JOTA 2014 – Two Successful HAB Flights
So the plan was for Chris Stubbs to launch on Saturday 18th October and me to launch on Sunday 19th October at Kingston Ridge Scouts Campsite in Essex. Chris was already on site by the time arrived. I was kindly … Continue reading
JOTA 2014 Launch
Time does wizz by! It’s almost the day of my next launch. I was invited to the JOTA event by Mike Lynn G1KOT in order to launch a balloon and demonstrate HAB tracking to the Scouts & Cubs at Kingston … Continue reading
UKHAS Conference 2014
On August 16th 2014, the UKHAS (UK High Altitude Society) conference will be held at The University of Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College. The full address is: Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS Last year’s conference … Continue reading
AVR/Arduino Timing Issue with fresh ATMEGA328p
I’d like to draw attention to an issue I’ve experienced building the latest VAYU-NTX v1.04 board. I had previously built one that suffered from the same issue but I ended up very frustrated and this probably contributed to my having … Continue reading
VAYU-NTX v1.05
It’s been a while since I posted here. I took a (LONG) break from things electronic and HAB. However, I have gradually gotten back into things. I have designed an minimal Arduino™ board, minDUINO, design files available on ProjectAVR. This … Continue reading
Launch Announcement – [POSTPONED]
[UPDATE 21/01/2014] Due to the wind direction predictions, I have postponed this launch. I will still be giving the talk at the North Kent Radio Society, just sans launch. Watch for launch announcements in the coming weeks. All being well, … Continue reading
HNY 2014
It’s been a fantastic year for me. I’ve ‘discovered’ a great new facet to my hobby of Amateur Radio in High Altitude Ballooning. I’ve had lots of fun and made many new friends. One of the many highlights was my … Continue reading
Neu VAYU
I’m very happy to report that the new VAYU-NTX v1.04 PCBs have arrived along with a solder stencil. The boards and stencil are of the normal high quality from Hackvana (Thanks again Mitch). Although I enjoy the process of hand … Continue reading
Hellschreiber
One of the real pleasures of having Amateur Radio as a hobby is the amazing breadth it covers. There are so many facets, to it. One facet is the transmission modes available to experiment with. My first love in radio … Continue reading
Comments Active
Just a quick update post: I’ve re-enabled comments, this time with a CAPTCHA device. Comments may be left at will now and I will see how it goes. Mitch from Hackvana has kindly notified me that the VAYU-NTX v1.04 PCBs … Continue reading