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N1MM Rotor Server v2.10.3 is now fully web-based. Control and configure your antenna rotors from any browser on your network — no SSH, no terminal, no config file editing needed. Live compass cards for all configured rotors. Storm correction active — antennas parked to their safe heading. The server runs on a Raspberry Pi and…
I’m happy to announce the release of SDRCat v1.0 — a free Windows application that links your transceiver to a WebSDR receiver via CAT control (Hamlib). Change the frequency on your radio and the WebSDR follows. Click a signal in the WebSDR and the frequency goes straight to the transceiver. A live band scope while…
📝 Background This software was written for the club and contest station PI4RCK / PA6Y in the Netherlands. The station runs multiple directional antennas on rotors and sits in a notoriously exposed location. When the wind picks up in this part of the country, it picks up fast — and with several large Yagi antennas…
I’m excited to introduce PathFinder — a family of antenna rotator hardware interfaces I’ve been quietly building over the past months, and which I’m now ready to share with the amateur radio community. To kick things off, I’m also announcing a new series of upcoming hardware models that will expand the PathFinder family further. What…
GS-232B Antenna Rotator Simulator — Azimuth & Elevation on an Arduino Nano Background I am currently working on a project called Rotor Server for N1MM — a server that manages multiple antenna rotators and makes them available to the N1MM contest logger. I am building this for the PA6Y contest station. The server runs on Linux and includes a fully…
MiniBook now includes a WordPress & HTML plugin that lets you publish live station status directly on your website. Show: ON AIR / OFF AIR status Current band, frequency, and mode No cloud services, no remote control, and no complexity — just a lightweight, reliable way to bring your station live to the web. Key…
Recently, I’ve been diving back into digital voice modes like DMR, D-Star, and Yaesu Fusion. These technologies remain a fantastic way to connect with other radio enthusiasts worldwide. As part of this renewed interest, I set up my own XLX server: XLX880. Using a Raspberry Pi 5, I configured an XLXD server to power the…
Updates 17-04-2024: Firmware v0.2 Almost every HF radio from ICOM has a Tuner connector, you know that white 4-pin connector at the back of your radio. Via this connector you can give a command with a switch so that your radio sends out a nice reduced carrier to safely control a tuner. For most 100-200W…
I have written a tutorial on how to install an Application like Wordle for LinBPQ. BPQ Applications (Wordle)
Over the past 2 weeks I have been busy getting the following things done: Transferring a Windows BPQ32 configuration to LinBPQ for the RaspberryPi. Communicating with an AEA PK-88 TNC in KISS mode. Install Direwolf on another RaspberryPi. Communicating with an ICOM IC-7300 (built-in sound card and USB Serial port for PTT). And then let…