WOW, I understand your frustration after trying to learn to program a DMR radio and getting all my settings right for FT4 and FT8. None of those took nearly a year though. I applaud your tenacity in sticking with this!! I always found that I could never give up on these things. I had to temporarily walk away until my frustration left. Way to go on this!!!!
Hi Eric, While the mount was twitching, I noticed the aluminum frame that hold the azimuth servo was flexing. I believe the mounting system does not have the stiffness needed for the job. I'm an amateur astronomer and would have modified a computerized Alt/Az mount. The software to control those mounts can also track satellites. Stay safe. 73 WB3BJU
Hey Eric, there is a simple fix for the "twitchyness" of your system: instead of measuring and immediately setting the position, take a few measures, average them and then set the position. You can even use a "moving window" where the current measure is averaged with, say, the last 10. A new cycle begins, you drop the 11th oldest measurement and take a new 10 sample average. This should remove the "high frequency" (10hz or so) noise of the sensor...
Well done! It's taken me TWO years so far to come up with a 3D printed satellite rotator. I'm finally at the 'fit it in the loft' stage :) Mine uses an ESP32.
I like to make microcontroller/ electronics projects as a hobby and I can relate to the year long crucible you went through to finish your satellite tracker. You really did an amazing job on your satellite tracker despite all the little demons who work tirelessly to sabotage your jumper wire continuity, cold solder joints, and Arduino package incompatibilities. You deserve to be proud of what you built. Likewise, the person whose original plans you implemented in your project should be proud of their own creation and that you were able to update and improve on it together. There is always so much more to learn no matter how much experience you get and, by their nature, these kinds of bench electronics projects from scratch have so many links in the chain to fail or get missed that error is more the norm than the exception. It can often be maddening!
Fantastic work. I had to laugh a little though, most of the people doing an open source development project say the same glad you stuck in there. I'm definitely looking to do this project in the future.
FYI, the part number you need from Servo City for the tilt servo system is SPT-D485HW-5-A (assembled with newer servo - the old servo listed in the original plans is NLA). $129, assembled.
I'm a brand new guy, and this is way beyond my cognition and situational awareness. That being said this is wickedly cool and I appreciate you sharing.
I appreciate your frustrated tone. Been there myself, too many times. Why in the world can't we get an industry standard on some of this stuff? Hardware and libraries, all of them different, all of them incompatible with one another. I too have a junk box full of arduino boards. You seem to keep better records than I do--for the life of me I can't remember what the boards were for nor why they failed to give me what I wanted. I also respect your perseverance. Way to go!
My hats off to you been thinking of doing this now I’m thinking of just buying a telescope mount and making it work I’m sure it’s more money and sure it’s a lot less headaches, thanks for all your work
Iterating through several designs is a great way to come up with an optimal solution. May I suggest you add an eight to twelve inch piece of straight pipe coming out of the lower "T" and moving the nine DOF sensor to the end to keep it away from all of the metal in the tripod and the bolts you're using. Hose clams aren't going to hold that together really well. I'd suggest PVC cement which is how the PVC tubing and "Ts" are meant to be assembled. Before you glue it all together hot glue in a 1/4-20 bolt into the bottom PVC tee so you can spin it apart between the PVC "T" and the tripod. If you don't hot glue the bolt in you could probably get a box end wrench in the "T" to hold the bold when you screw it into the tripod. I can't wait for the rain to stop so we can see it work outside.
Eric, genuinely this is a fantastic video… Especially showing behind the curtain with all the fits and starts… Just like I always have with every project I start. I congratulate you on your tenacious fortitude to get 'er done, my friend! 73 de Robert K3RRR
Congrats Eric ! Thanks for not giving into the frustration and getting the tracker up and running. Frustration keeps so many from the taste of success. You sticking with it and sharing your experience may encourage others to TRY and then share their "flavor" of success { with their mods & tweaks }. Looking forward to a video seeing this tracker in action and making a SAT contact using it - a true taste of victory. Well done ! Hope to have QSO with you someday, until then keep up the great work. - 73 K9BBQ ▒
Holy crap, that is SWEET! I just finished putting a boom on an 11 element yagi, there are two good ISS passes in a few days. Sadly I don't have an adapter for my HT yet, and my mobile radio only does 2m. So for now I'm limited to V-V satellites only, have fun with your tracker, 73s from W8IJC! (soon to be KE8OHW)
Hey the securing of the battery on the tripod leg with velcro is as rough as guts. You need to come up with a better idea than that. I suggest put the battery in a small ‘Pelican’ type box with outputs for two sets of Mini-Andersen plugs. One set for the solar panel or for DC charging and the other for a radio or the antenna tilt/panner.
Nice! I thought about trying this a year ago but never really got started. My other hobby is astronomy and I thought about trying to use a telescope mount for this. You can plug in orbital elements into a star map program so long as the mount can keep up with the satellite, it should work.
use high quality non metal fasteners eg. TEFLON or (3D printed) for screw and gears. This will reduce skew refraction off the sensor. You may try to shield sensor a little with a grounded tinfoil cage to prove a point. If its still an issue. I'm excited for your project, well done.
Maybe it has been said before. But the motor setup needs a counterweight of that of the antenna. That makes if less wonky. But I think it that’s way to much work for just a weekend project. If it were a more permanent I would figure that out. But very nice job. It works great for what you want it to do.
Hang the battery within the tripod to increase stability, you need to keep the weight central and as low as possible. Fishing rod tripods often have a hook within them to hang a bucket of seawater for stability. Nice project.
Looks great! I'm curious on it's performance in the next video. Keep the update videos coming, perhaps I will build one too, seeing my 10 year old son is interested in satellites.
Hi Eric, another great video, your an inspiration to all the gunners....Gunna do this and Gunna do that. Great you complementing your new 9700 with great homebrew tech. Its what its all about !!! , getting my 9700 in a few months Pete VK3TQ
Congratulations Eric on a job well done!! I agree with @Rafael Pinto - a moving average would help dampen the movements somewhat. I appreciate your frustrations - spent the entire day working on a WiFi bridge project with flaky firmware - should have only taken an hour max!!!
That laugh in the beginning was epic..well put together very interesting. I got a elk up in the air and like it a lot. I need try it on some satellites with it and that tracking set up would be a interesting learning project.
Excellent outcome after a lot of effort. Maybe you could still put the gyro higher up if you put a plug and socket in line and run the line through the conduit. And get yourself a good quality soldering iron for such jobs. I got sick of cheap irons and invested in the Goot RX-802AS, and have never looked back.
I was thinking along the same line as Roger P. However I would take a second tee and make a sawcut in the street of the tee and glue the bottom tee and that second tee about 3 to 4 inches apart. Then slide the 9DOF into the slot keeping it away from the metal on the tripod and the antenna. 73 William W1KZP
If yer tripod has a center hook between the legs you could hang the battery in the center of the tripod for stability. I know my camera tripod has a center hook so you can hang a weight down through the middle of the legs for stabilizing the tripod.
I've thought about trying something like this if I ever tried working satellites but was a little turned off by the software side. At least now I have somewhere to start!
Has there been a detailed instructions booklet written for this project? I am not a computer savy guy but enjoy tracking satellites and using the FM and Linear Transponders aboard.
Eric, good afternoon. I would like to know if you can guide me to make a rotor for one of my Arrow, I would like to leave it fixed high to work the satellites with my FT-818. Maybe you can tell me where I can buy one, or how to make one, or if you have one for sale. I live in El Salvador.
Eric, This is cool. I wanna build one so I can use it with my 9700. Be cool out on a nice day set this thing up in a field and make some contacts. Thanks for the videos. I been watching them all. 73 Hope to catch you on 10 again was cool being in one of your vids CYA W0JAY
I use those cheap patch leads a lot and have never had a problem with them. Perhaps your leads were mechanically stressed at some point? The magnetic sensor is not the best way to get azimuth on land, especially in a built-up area. Local magnetic interference can easiy give errors of 20 degrees or more on some headings, and so it really needs calibrating at every location. It can also be affected when you move the radio or other equipment around, and also when current changes in nearby wires (e.g. the servo wires). A better system is to align the tripod with true North by hand and use a stepper motor to move the aerial in azimuth. Have an optical sensor or microswitch that operates at a fixed azimuth position (relative to the tripod). At power-up the stepper motor rotates till the sensor trips, which it sets as being North, and from then on you set the azimuth position by sending the appropriate number of steps to the motor. To find true North at a new location, take the GPS location at the position of the tripod, and then walk a hundred meters or so away in a roughly Northern direction. Now walk East or West until the GPS shows exactly the same latitude as the location of the tripod. Mark that spot with a flag or something, and you can then rotate the tripod until the aerial is pointing directly at that flag with the rotator set to an azimuth of 0 and a declination of 0
Aha, 8266 . I've yet to do anything with one, have it, and it does a lot. I think it still used the arduino ide even ? That one looks nice. My antenna's are much too large for it though. That said, very nice. And probably pricey.
@HamRadioConcepts Can you comment on any additional QRM generated from the tracker picked up on your 9700? I built mine very similar to yours, using only your parts list compiled from the couple of videos you've done. Same ELK antenna, a little different setup regarding position of the tilt and pan motor placement (more like Elwoods design.) My noise floor goes from 0 to s6 when i power up my unit.... very difficult to work weak signals with a self inflicted s6 noise floor. :) I really think its the voltage regulators. Ferrite has helped about 1/2 S unit.
Enjoyed your presentation. Though I did not understand it all. Maybe a little better presentation on the schematics of the whole thing, along with the visual and your actual purpose of building the satellite tracker in the first place. It is not necessarily complicated yet we cannot see the whole picture just bits and pieces. In other words if you want us to actually build one, then we need exact information. Maybe there is another way to build it without using arduino. It is all very interesting !
very cool! Now that you got the build process down...build another one! LOL! JK. I have neither the time, the patience, or the smarts to build something like that. I wish I had your talents! I can't wait for you to get it outside and make a video of it in action with some QSO's. 73!
After watching this video, I don't feel so bad about my two recent failed attempts at getting an HF Yagi up to 35 feet , without a tower or mast. I'm now ready for brilliant idea number 3 after my two previous brilliant ideas turned out to be dumb. 73 de Andy K3UK
I wonder why an UDOO RYZEN Bolt V1000 Maker Board SBC wouldn't work in place of an Arduino and write the code for the 80586 which can handle float,double and long double natively.
Satellites Follow a (True North Path) and Your Magnetic Directional Sensor (Aligns to Magnetic North as your Compass does).. another reason for it being (Misaligned) .. But it's not Misaligned at the Same time.. All depends what you want to Call (Zero Degrees)
@@HamRadioConcepts University of Connecticut which has their main campus in Storrs, CT. We lived 45 minutes away from it and both kids graduated from there. Famous for the girls basketball team.
Having the same trouble you were talking about with the libraries. Can you please list the versions you are using successfully? The ones I have are too new apparently and I can't get the IP address, SSID, etc. to "Take". It keeps looping out to AP setup mode.
Using library EEPROM at version 2.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/EEPROM Using library SPI at version 1.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/SPI Using library Wire at version 1.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/Wire Using library Ethernet at version 2.0.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries/Ethernet Using library SoftwareSerial at version 1.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/SoftwareSerial Using library Adafruit_PWM_Servo_Driver_Library at version 1.0.2 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_PWM_Servo_Driver_Library Using library Adafruit_GPS_Library at version 1.0.3 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_GPS_Library Using library Adafruit_Sensor at version 1.0.2 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_Sensor Using library Adafruit_BNO055 at version 1.1.10 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_BNO055 /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/wm/0fybb6jn76b5r6ys3q7qkgw40000gq/T/arduino_build_38132/AutoSatTracker.ino.elf Sketch uses 99896 bytes (39%) of program storage space. Maximum is 253952 bytes. Global variables use 3327 bytes (40%) of dynamic memory, leaving 4865 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 8192 bytes.
Hello Eric from KB3DTQ Eric in Pittsburgh do you have the software for this project? I would like to try out on my Rotator controller project. Thanks for your help, 73's Eric/KB3DTQ
I will state the obvious. We would have never gone to the moon with Chinese electronics. Kudos for not taking a jump off a very tall building. I tend to avoid things like that thus preserving my sanity.
I have wanted one of these since I got my license. The problem with this now is some of the parts are no longer available. I admire your dedication to solving all of these problems. When are you going to sell it?
@@HamRadioConcepts Some of the actuators from Servo City are discontinued. It is amazing you brought this up again because I was just looking at it again when I realized now I have to come up with new gearing. Good thing you bought the parts when you did. BTW, missed you on the ham radio RUclips bunch shows.
WOW, I understand your frustration after trying to learn to program a DMR radio and getting all my settings right for FT4 and FT8. None of those took nearly a year though. I applaud your tenacity in sticking with this!! I always found that I could never give up on these things. I had to temporarily walk away until my frustration left. Way to go on this!!!!
Hi Eric,
While the mount was twitching, I noticed the aluminum frame that hold the azimuth servo was flexing. I believe the mounting system does not have the stiffness needed for the job. I'm an amateur astronomer and would have modified a computerized Alt/Az mount. The software to control those mounts can also track satellites. Stay safe. 73 WB3BJU
Hey Eric, there is a simple fix for the "twitchyness" of your system: instead of measuring and immediately setting the position, take a few measures, average them and then set the position. You can even use a "moving window" where the current measure is averaged with, say, the last 10. A new cycle begins, you drop the 11th oldest measurement and take a new 10 sample average. This should remove the "high frequency" (10hz or so) noise of the sensor...
Put the battery in a drawstring bag, then hang it from the center, bottom hook on the tri-pod. It will help keep center of of the tri-pod sturdy..
Well done! It's taken me TWO years so far to come up with a 3D printed satellite rotator. I'm finally at the 'fit it in the loft' stage :) Mine uses an ESP32.
Make a video on it
I like to make microcontroller/ electronics projects as a hobby and I can relate to the year long crucible you went through to finish your satellite tracker. You really did an amazing job on your satellite tracker despite all the little demons who work tirelessly to sabotage your jumper wire continuity, cold solder joints, and Arduino package incompatibilities. You deserve to be proud of what you built. Likewise, the person whose original plans you implemented in your project should be proud of their own creation and that you were able to update and improve on it together.
There is always so much more to learn no matter how much experience you get and, by their nature, these kinds of bench electronics projects from scratch have so many links in the chain to fail or get missed that error is more the norm than the exception. It can often be maddening!
Oh man ! Hats off to your persistence !
Nice job Eric! The beauty of doing projects like this is the learning from experimentation! You made it!
Fantastic work. I had to laugh a little though, most of the people doing an open source development project say the same glad you stuck in there. I'm definitely looking to do this project in the future.
FYI, the part number you need from Servo City for the tilt servo system is SPT-D485HW-5-A (assembled with newer servo - the old servo listed in the original plans is NLA). $129, assembled.
Nice to see you got finished with your project.
I'm a brand new guy, and this is way beyond my cognition and situational awareness. That being said this is wickedly cool and I appreciate you sharing.
I appreciate your frustrated tone. Been there myself, too many times. Why in the world can't we get an industry standard on some of this stuff? Hardware and libraries, all of them different, all of them incompatible with one another. I too have a junk box full of arduino boards. You seem to keep better records than I do--for the life of me I can't remember what the boards were for nor why they failed to give me what I wanted. I also respect your perseverance. Way to go!
My hats off to you been thinking of doing this now I’m thinking of just buying a telescope mount and making it work I’m sure it’s more money and sure it’s a lot less headaches, thanks for all your work
Thank you for your video on this antenna. I bought one and am super impressed with it. Very easy to set up and it works very well.
Its alive! ITS ALIVE!!! Glad to see it come together
Iterating through several designs is a great way to come up with an optimal solution.
May I suggest you add an eight to twelve inch piece of straight pipe coming out of the lower "T" and moving the nine DOF sensor to the end to keep it away from all of the metal in the tripod and the bolts you're using.
Hose clams aren't going to hold that together really well. I'd suggest PVC cement which is how the PVC tubing and "Ts" are meant to be assembled. Before you glue it all together hot glue in a 1/4-20 bolt into the bottom PVC tee so you can spin it apart between the PVC "T" and the tripod. If you don't hot glue the bolt in you could probably get a box end wrench in the "T" to hold the bold when you screw it into the tripod.
I can't wait for the rain to stop so we can see it work outside.
Eric, genuinely this is a fantastic video… Especially showing behind the curtain with all the fits and starts… Just like I always have with every project I start. I congratulate you on your tenacious fortitude to get 'er done, my friend! 73 de Robert K3RRR
Congrats Eric !
Thanks for not giving into the frustration and getting the tracker up and running.
Frustration keeps so many from the taste of success.
You sticking with it and sharing your experience may encourage others to TRY and then share their "flavor" of success { with their mods & tweaks }.
Looking forward to a video seeing this tracker in action and making a SAT contact using it - a true taste of victory. Well done !
Hope to have QSO with you someday, until then keep up the great work. - 73 K9BBQ
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Holy crap, that is SWEET! I just finished putting a boom on an 11 element yagi, there are two good ISS passes in a few days. Sadly I don't have an adapter for my HT yet, and my mobile radio only does 2m. So for now I'm limited to V-V satellites only, have fun with your tracker, 73s from W8IJC! (soon to be KE8OHW)
No more slow-motion run away servos! Bravo!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yah you should have seen that one
Congrats! Great job. As they proclaim in "Galaxy Quest| "Never give up, never surrender!"
Nice to see that you finally got it working, Great video
Great accomplishment your hard work and patience we all benefit from Thanks so much
Hey the securing of the battery on the tripod leg with velcro is as rough as guts. You need to come up with a better idea than that. I suggest put the battery in a small ‘Pelican’ type box with outputs for two sets of Mini-Andersen plugs. One set for the solar panel or for DC charging and the other for a radio or the antenna tilt/panner.
Good job getting it up and running. Quite an inspiration.
Now you can fiddle with the software and stability.
Thanks for series.
Awesome Eric! Nice to see your project come together!
Nice! I thought about trying this a year ago but never really got started. My other hobby is astronomy and I thought about trying to use a telescope mount for this. You can plug in orbital elements into a star map program so long as the mount can keep up with the satellite, it should work.
use high quality non metal fasteners eg. TEFLON or (3D printed) for screw and gears. This will reduce skew refraction off the sensor. You may try to shield sensor a little with a grounded tinfoil cage to prove a point. If its still an issue. I'm excited for your project, well done.
Congratulations Eric
Maybe it has been said before. But the motor setup needs a counterweight of that of the antenna. That makes if less wonky.
But I think it that’s way to much work for just a weekend project. If it were a more permanent I would figure that out.
But very nice job. It works great for what you want it to do.
Congratulations on getting it to work! I am planning on building the same tracker. 73 de AD0WE
Hang the battery within the tripod to increase stability, you need to keep the weight central and as low as possible. Fishing rod tripods often have a hook within them to hang a bucket of seawater for stability. Nice project.
Looks great! I'm curious on it's performance in the next video. Keep the update videos coming, perhaps I will build one too, seeing my 10 year old son is interested in satellites.
VERY COOL ERIC
Can't wait for Field Day to see this puppy in action !!
Awesome build well done 👌👏👏👏
Awesome job! You did it! Looks really complicated. I'm glad you were able to finish. 73's KC2JDR
Congrats! You did it! That weekend job would probably take me 5 years. 😜
Hi Eric, another great video, your an inspiration to all the gunners....Gunna do this and Gunna do that. Great you complementing your new 9700 with great homebrew tech. Its what its all about !!! , getting my 9700 in a few months Pete VK3TQ
Thank you for sharing a cool video. You have given me a new project. 73.
Congratulations Eric on a job well done!! I agree with @Rafael Pinto - a moving average would help dampen the movements somewhat. I appreciate your frustrations - spent the entire day working on a WiFi bridge project with flaky firmware - should have only taken an hour max!!!
Awesome job. Thank you !!
That laugh in the beginning was epic..well put together very interesting. I got a elk up in the air and like it a lot. I need try it on some satellites with it and that tracking set up would be a interesting learning project.
Extend the PVC out of the bottom tee about six inches and hook your accelerometer sensor to that to get it away from the bolt and gears.
I will do that tomorrow thanks
@@HamRadioConcepts If it takes a dump on you I'm not taking credit...
@@1crazynordlander Thats messed up man... SOMEBODY has to take ownership HAHAHAHAHAHA
really cool, thanks eric
My heart jumped at 'I'm giving this away'
Excellent outcome after a lot of effort. Maybe you could still put the gyro higher up if you put a plug and socket in line and run the line through the conduit. And get yourself a good quality soldering iron for such jobs. I got sick of cheap irons and invested in the Goot RX-802AS, and have never looked back.
Regarding your previous comment about the music..... The joy of doing what I do is I can do whatever I want to do. Can't make everybody happy.
I was thinking along the same line as Roger P. However I would take a second tee and make a sawcut in the street of the tee and glue the bottom tee and that second tee about 3 to 4 inches apart. Then slide the 9DOF into the slot keeping it away from the metal on the tripod and the antenna.
73 William W1KZP
I am at the 20:55 mark and have this vision of me having all that stuff in a pile and me jumping up and down on it . On with the rest of the video
If yer tripod has a center hook between the legs you could hang the battery in the center of the tripod for stability. I know my camera tripod has a center hook so you can hang a weight down through the middle of the legs for stabilizing the tripod.
At 14.0 l usually use solder to cover the small pins so that the wire sit tightly on the board and l check continuity with a multi meter.
What ratio servos are needed?, as a newbie...just asking because that is a option at servo city
Great work! I like the ESP solution much better I use those all the time for various projects, nice work!
I've thought about trying something like this if I ever tried working satellites but was a little turned off by the software side. At least now I have somewhere to start!
"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle."
great job now that it is completed , use it for field day and contact the ISS if it is on the right path
Some of items are unavailable do you have a updated BOM
Has there been a detailed instructions booklet written for this project? I am not a computer savy guy but enjoy tracking satellites and using the FM and Linear Transponders aboard.
I played neo 6m n the alike a long time. Both of them will work properly. Should your gps antenna face upward, it will work better.
the links for the Tilt servo and azimuth servo do not work for me it says 404 page not found can anyone help?
Wonderful and hreatful wow bery nice
nice work eric!
Eric, good afternoon. I would like to know if you can guide me to make a rotor for one of my Arrow, I would like to leave it fixed high to work the satellites with my FT-818. Maybe you can tell me where I can buy one, or how to make one, or if you have one for sale. I live in El Salvador.
nice loookin rig ya set up there 73 just like our quad copter stuff just make a slit in the t=bout a inch higher n slide it in just slide it in lol
Could you just stick a pvc pipe extension out of the bottom PVC t connector for the magnetometer?
Do you have the zip file of those libraries?
Good job sticking with it Eric. I look forward to see it in action. Going to try using it for Field Day?
sure am
Hi!! what is the APP you use as a satellite data base??
Eric, This is cool. I wanna build one so I can use it with my 9700. Be cool out on a nice day set this thing up in a field and make some contacts.
Thanks for the videos. I been watching them all. 73 Hope to catch you on 10 again was cool being in one of your vids CYA W0JAY
hi eric I am in the uk I am finding it hard to find the gears to run the device any help from anyone would be grateful
I use those cheap patch leads a lot and have never had a problem with them. Perhaps your leads were mechanically stressed at some point? The magnetic sensor is not the best way to get azimuth on land, especially in a built-up area. Local magnetic interference can easiy give errors of 20 degrees or more on some headings, and so it really needs calibrating at every location. It can also be affected when you move the radio or other equipment around, and also when current changes in nearby wires (e.g. the servo wires). A better system is to align the tripod with true North by hand and use a stepper motor to move the aerial in azimuth. Have an optical sensor or microswitch that operates at a fixed azimuth position (relative to the tripod). At power-up the stepper motor rotates till the sensor trips, which it sets as being North, and from then on you set the azimuth position by sending the appropriate number of steps to the motor. To find true North at a new location, take the GPS location at the position of the tripod, and then walk a hundred meters or so away in a roughly Northern direction. Now walk East or West until the GPS shows exactly the same latitude as the location of the tripod. Mark that spot with a flag or something, and you can then rotate the tripod until the aerial is pointing directly at that flag with the rotator set to an azimuth of 0 and a declination of 0
Aha, 8266 . I've yet to do anything with one, have it, and it does a lot. I think it still used the arduino ide even ? That one looks nice. My antenna's are much too large for it though. That said, very nice. And probably pricey.
Thats way cool !! Too Bad it was raining cats an dogs today !! thanks for the video from IRC !!
Hmmm... It appears that the azimuth servo and the C-channel are no longer available. Those links are dead, anyhow. N6ATC
You mention needing specific drivers versions to get Elwoods Sketch to compile - care to share? 73'a de M0NBY
Finally! From South Africa
You're "angle" might be off because the magnetic declination in Florida is -6 degrees from magnetic north (vs true north)
What’s the final equipment- the elk
@HamRadioConcepts Can you comment on any additional QRM generated from the tracker picked up on your 9700? I built mine very similar to yours, using only your parts list compiled from the couple of videos you've done. Same ELK antenna, a little different setup regarding position of the tilt and pan motor placement (more like Elwoods design.) My noise floor goes from 0 to s6 when i power up my unit.... very difficult to work weak signals with a self inflicted s6 noise floor. :) I really think its the voltage regulators. Ferrite has helped about 1/2 S unit.
Enjoyed your presentation. Though I did not understand it all. Maybe a little better presentation on the schematics of the whole thing, along with the visual and your actual purpose of building the satellite tracker in the first place. It is not necessarily complicated yet we cannot see the whole picture just bits and pieces. In other words if you want us to actually build one, then we need exact information. Maybe there is another way to build it without using arduino. It is all very interesting !
very cool! Now that you got the build process down...build another one! LOL! JK. I have neither the time, the patience, or the smarts to build something like that. I wish I had your talents! I can't wait for you to get it outside and make a video of it in action with some QSO's. 73!
Bravo! Very cool
After watching this video, I don't feel so bad about my two recent failed attempts at getting an HF Yagi up to 35 feet , without a tower or mast. I'm now ready for brilliant idea number 3 after my two previous brilliant ideas turned out to be dumb. 73 de Andy K3UK
Totally cool!
I wonder why an UDOO RYZEN Bolt V1000 Maker Board SBC wouldn't work in place of an Arduino and write the code for the 80586 which can handle float,double and long double natively.
Satellites Follow a (True North Path) and Your Magnetic Directional Sensor (Aligns to Magnetic North as your Compass does).. another reason for it being (Misaligned) .. But it's not Misaligned at the Same time.. All depends what you want to Call (Zero Degrees)
Great job Eric. GO HUSKIES!!
do not ask me where I got this shirt or the city they are based out of HAHAHA it takes YOU to actually notice that HAHAHA GREAT EYES!!!! 73 friend
@@HamRadioConcepts University of Connecticut which has their main campus in Storrs, CT. We lived 45 minutes away from it and both kids graduated from there. Famous for the girls basketball team.
I'll sell this shirt to you if your interested hahahahahahahahaha
@@45Unit and congrats to your kids you must be proud
Having the same trouble you were talking about with the libraries. Can you please list the versions you are using successfully? The ones I have are too new apparently and I can't get the IP address, SSID, etc. to "Take". It keeps looping out to AP setup mode.
Using library EEPROM at version 2.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/EEPROM
Using library SPI at version 1.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/SPI
Using library Wire at version 1.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/Wire
Using library Ethernet at version 2.0.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries/Ethernet
Using library SoftwareSerial at version 1.0 in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/libraries/SoftwareSerial
Using library Adafruit_PWM_Servo_Driver_Library at version 1.0.2 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_PWM_Servo_Driver_Library
Using library Adafruit_GPS_Library at version 1.0.3 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_GPS_Library
Using library Adafruit_Sensor at version 1.0.2 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_Sensor
Using library Adafruit_BNO055 at version 1.1.10 in folder: /Users/ecdowney/Documents/Arduino/libraries/Adafruit_BNO055
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-size -A /var/folders/wm/0fybb6jn76b5r6ys3q7qkgw40000gq/T/arduino_build_38132/AutoSatTracker.ino.elf
Sketch uses 99896 bytes (39%) of program storage space. Maximum is 253952 bytes.
Global variables use 3327 bytes (40%) of dynamic memory, leaving 4865 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 8192 bytes.
@@HamRadioConcepts Thank you for sharing this!!!! I will give it a try.
Were you able to find those libraries version. I found some . But can't find Wire , EEPROM and SPI
What app or web site did you have on your phone.
What freq. For satalight
Hello Eric from KB3DTQ Eric in Pittsburgh do you have the software for this project? I would like to try out on my Rotator controller project.
Thanks for your help, 73's
Eric/KB3DTQ
What HT you're using? Yaesu? Which model
In this video I think I was using the Wouxun uv8d or UV9D full duplex capable
now if only I could find those servers in the UK.
At least I have a clue what I'm looking for now :-)
I will state the obvious.
We would have never gone to the moon with Chinese electronics.
Kudos for not taking a jump off a very tall building. I tend to avoid things like that thus preserving my sanity.
Switch the rx n tx wire from gps module,change the baud of pc arduino ide when the gps does not work.
I have wanted one of these since I got my license. The problem with this now is some of the parts are no longer available. I admire your dedication to solving all of these problems. When are you going to sell it?
never going to sell it. and what parts are not available?
@@HamRadioConcepts Some of the actuators from Servo City are discontinued. It is amazing you brought this up again because I was just looking at it again when I realized now I have to come up with new gearing. Good thing you bought the parts when you did. BTW, missed you on the ham radio RUclips bunch shows.
I've myself have had a couple of them 2 month one weekend projects myself. lol
Looks good
Very cool 😎👍🏻