Distance Listening to Aircraft (and more on antennas)
A while back, I documented my long distance listening of a commercial aircraft using SCARP. I recorded what I heard and I then referenced...
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James Wiebe
- Jun 16
- 2 min
Antennas for Aviation Radio and VSWR, part 2 (with thoughts on the human body antenna)
I'm talking about how to analyze the efficiency of coupling to an antenna. I'm picking up from yesterday's post. Today, I'll add a couple...
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James Wiebe
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Antennas for Aviation Radio and VSWR
A VSWR meter is a device which allows you to measure the "transfer ratio" between your radio receiver and the antenna. It is the measure...
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James Wiebe
- Jun 3
- 1 min
Proving Sensitivity of SCARP
Today I created a quick demonstration video of the sensitivity of SCARP using a moderate signal. I then step the signal strength down...
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James Wiebe
- May 20
- 2 min
SCARP vs Bearcat Scanner???
Recently, we received comments on our Facebook posts that everything SCARP was doing could be done by a cheap Chinese scanner or perhaps...
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James Wiebe
- May 9
- 3 min
Designing a Bandpass Filter for Aviation, Ham radio, 2M Frequency Bands.
Last week's update included how I'd become dissatisfied with the bandpass and Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) which is embedded within my...
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James Wiebe
- May 2
- 2 min
Arduino Project: Filter and Amplifier Redesign, Tech Talk
In the latest PCB version of the SCARP receiver board (Arduino Project for Software Controlled Aviation Receiver), I couldn't get the...
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James Wiebe
- Apr 27
- 2 min
"SCARP" = Software Controlled Aviation Receiver Project
I've been designing a multi-channel aviation receiver, with amazing sensitivity, selectivity, audio quality and overall usability. The...
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James Wiebe
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Arduino Project on Aviation Radio Shield Progress: We need your feedback.
I've made great progress on the Arduino project on Aviation Radio Shield. It monitors eight aviation channels, providing fantastic...
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James Wiebe
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Testing our new Combo Altimeter / VSI
I wanted to create an Altimeter / VSI instrument which would work great and be inexpensive. What could I do to make it stand out? Here's...
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James Wiebe
- Apr 3
- 2 min
The Tale of the Aviation Radio
If you're looking for "software defined radio" (SDR) or Arduino, you might want to keep close tabs on this development.
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