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Hi, I'm Elijah Brown and welcome to my site, AD7ZJ.net!  The name AD7ZJ is my ham radio callsign, and I occasionally post stuff I'm working on here for my own reference and for the benefit of anyone else who is interested.
[[File:C140_sunset.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Flying my Cessna 140 over Roosevelt lake]]


Welcome to Arizona Near Space Research's site for technical info, particularly on the hardware and software we fly in our payloadsFor general info on the club or on student payloads, please visit our main site [http://ansr.org ansr.org].  Anyone who wishes to contribute technically should sign up for an account and help add content.
== Electronics/Software Projects ==
[[File:BalloonHorizon.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Image taken off an ANSR flight from approximately 40,000 ft]]
I enjoy tinkering with electronics and software and I've done quite a few little side projects in this area. Here are the ones I remembered to write down and take pictures of :)
* [[OpenAWOS]] — Used at our glider field to automatically report wind over VHF radio.
* [[Vaisala 425A Anemometers]] — Used by my diy AWOS system above.  
* [[Remote Cellular Switch]] — Used to turn on an engine pre-heater remotely.  
* [[FLARM Teardown]]
* [[Fixing a Stratus 1|Stratus 1 Teardown]]
* [[Single Digit VFD Clock]]
* [[Single Digit IN-18 Nixie Clock]]
* [[Vocore Temperature Logger]]
* [[Voltage Regulator Tube Lights]]
* [[Iteris RZ-3 Cameras]]


== Flight Procedures ==
Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) flies unmanned high altitude balloons around Arizona both for fun/education of its members and in support of several college programs. I have been involved in the maintenance and design of the flight tracking beacons identified below. For general info on the club or on student payloads, please visit our main site [http://ansr.org ansr.org].
We need help adding stuff here, things like
* [[KA7NSR-12|Flight Computer 1.0]]  — The original ANSR flight computer and crossband repeater.
* Filing FAA NOTAMs
* [[New Flight Computer|Flight Computer 2.0]] — Gen 2 of the flight computer. My first attempt at a non-trivial embedded project...
* Launch procedures
* [[PIC APRS Beacon]] — A simple APRS tracking beacon. My goal was to generate the AFSK output without a modem chip.  
* Suppliers
** Balloons
** Antennas
** Helium
** etc...


== Beacons & Tracking ==
I have done a handful of projects related to ham radio and antennas. Here are a few of those - I think the magnetic loop is the most interesting. They are an excellent choice for HF if you are limited on space.  
ANSR typically flies 2 - 3 beacons on a flight for redundancy. The currently operating beacons are identified below by callsign
* [[Helical Magnetic Loop Antenna]]
* [[KA7NSR-11]] (Yellow Beacon)
* [[Maxon Radio|Maxon Data Radio info & repair]]
* [[KA7NSR-12]] (Flight Computer)
* [[DIY Current Meter]] — Just some pics and ideas
* [[KA7NSR-13]] (Baby Beacon)
* [[VHF and UHF antennas]] — Some practical antenna construction tips


== Slow Scan TV ==
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Gary, K7GGG has put together a very nice slow scan TV package that we successfully flew on ANSR-??  It'd be nice to put up a bit about that here as well
== Mechanical Projects ==
I have been mechanically inclined for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately I often don't think to take pictures or keep track of stuff I've fixed or worked on, but here are a few highlights.
* [[ASW 15]]
* [[PIK 20B]]
* [[Cessna 140]]
* [[solar tracker|DIY Large Solar Tracker]]
* [[Small solar systems|Small off-grid solar setups]]
* [[Chevy K1500 4L60E Transmission Rebuild]]


== New Projects ==
== Misc Stuff ==
* [[New Flight Computer]]
* [[Dump Windows Cert Authorities]]
* [[PIC APRS Beacon]]
* [[ATSAMV71 Microcontroller Notes]]
 
* [[OpenWRT expressVPN setup]]
== Getting started with editing MediaWiki ==
* [[Convert MCS to BIN]]
If you are interested in editing (and please be encouraged to do so), email me elijah@ad7zj.net and I'll make you an account. 
* [[Raspberry pi notes]]
 
* [[KD7LMO Archive]]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [[Useful links]]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [[Honda CRF230F]]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

Latest revision as of 21:05, 28 August 2024

Hi, I'm Elijah Brown and welcome to my site, AD7ZJ.net! The name AD7ZJ is my ham radio callsign, and I occasionally post stuff I'm working on here for my own reference and for the benefit of anyone else who is interested.

Flying my Cessna 140 over Roosevelt lake

Electronics/Software Projects

Image taken off an ANSR flight from approximately 40,000 ft

I enjoy tinkering with electronics and software and I've done quite a few little side projects in this area. Here are the ones I remembered to write down and take pictures of :)

Arizona Near Space Research (ANSR) flies unmanned high altitude balloons around Arizona both for fun/education of its members and in support of several college programs. I have been involved in the maintenance and design of the flight tracking beacons identified below. For general info on the club or on student payloads, please visit our main site ansr.org.

  • Flight Computer 1.0 — The original ANSR flight computer and crossband repeater.
  • Flight Computer 2.0 — Gen 2 of the flight computer. My first attempt at a non-trivial embedded project...
  • PIC APRS Beacon — A simple APRS tracking beacon. My goal was to generate the AFSK output without a modem chip.

I have done a handful of projects related to ham radio and antennas. Here are a few of those - I think the magnetic loop is the most interesting. They are an excellent choice for HF if you are limited on space.


Mechanical Projects

I have been mechanically inclined for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately I often don't think to take pictures or keep track of stuff I've fixed or worked on, but here are a few highlights.

Misc Stuff