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Kraken Radio Direction Finding Unit Setup Tutorial and Demo
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Quick tutorial and demo of the Kraken Phase coherent RTL-SDR setup. Github pages mentioned in the video with raspberry pi image and more information: github.com/krakenrf/krakensdr_doa
Kenwood TK-941 900MHz MMDVM Tutorial
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Hooking up the MMDVM board to the Kenwood TK-941 including tuning and alignment. Interested in a custom setup? Please contact w0sky981(at)gmail(dot)com.
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Broadcast Client had off air transmitter and site access was limited in winter requiring helicopter transport. Pilot was not a fan of the small helipad due to all the trees in the way but he made it work. Sorry I don't have any footage of the repair work itself after I got out of the helicopter, was in a rush to get everything done and back on the air while the helicopter was in place on pad. P...
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Kenwood TK-931 MMDVM 900MHz Digital Repeater
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PA_interference
My Mountaintop Ham Radio Repeater ( 900 MHz Band )
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How to Program Motorola XPR6580 for 33cm 900MHz Ham Band (Hex Edit)
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Very Large Array Antenna Transporter Ride!
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Very Large Array Antenna Transporter Ride!
Baofeng uv-5r stress test - Receiver and Transmitter overload
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Baofeng uv-5r stress test - Receiver and Transmitter overload
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Halloween Pirate FM radio reception
NanoBridge Chief Mountain Test
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Building a Complete Ham Radio Repeater
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Building a Complete Ham Radio Repeater
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NMT Physics Video
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Blue Mountain Ham Radio AllStar Remote Base installation
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Blue Mountain Ham Radio AllStar Remote Base installation
Amateur Radio internet linked frequency agile remote base (AllStar link)
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Amateur Radio internet linked frequency agile remote base (AllStar link)
100 Minutes of Keyboard Improvisation
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100 Minutes of Keyboard Improvisation
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DSA High Altitude Balloon Launch EOSS-218
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DSA High Altitude Balloon Launch EOSS-218
NanoStar Prototype
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NanoStar Prototype
AllStar Link Demo and linking commands (Amateur Radio + New Technology) KD0WHB
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AllStar Link Demo and linking commands (Amateur Radio New Technology) KD0WHB
AllStar Link VOIP setup Tutorial (Ham radio)
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AllStar Link VOIP setup Tutorial (Ham radio)
Microwave Oven Transformer easy repurpose - Melts Metal in SECONDS!
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Microwave Oven Transformer easy repurpose - Melts Metal in SECONDS!
Arduino Timer / Stopwatch Tutorial
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Arduino Timer / Stopwatch Tutorial
Pocket Light Bulb Limiter / Dim bulb tester
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Pocket Light Bulb Limiter / Dim bulb tester
SMS bomber Mac Free, Coded by ME!!
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  • @kierangio
    @kierangio 9 днів тому

    What board do you use? I have a ZUM MMDVM hat but it comes through all mushed up on the other radio. Simplex with same key works so must be the MMDVM board.

  • @KK4CNM
    @KK4CNM 15 днів тому

    Ive been trying to do this with motorola

  • @DV7Dave
    @DV7Dave Місяць тому

    Very cool! I don't know a whole lot about radios. But could this setup be used to direction find a specific LoRa signal on 915Mhz for example? Or would it pick up all traffic on 915Mhz rather than just the signal I'm looking for?

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 18 днів тому

      Probably tricky for ism 915, lots of random signals there and can’t really lock down on the one you want , the kraken can’t decode by protocol

  • @timsmith1426
    @timsmith1426 Місяць тому

    You definitely earned your #Like on this one, thank you! :)

  • @frankthetank3342
    @frankthetank3342 Місяць тому

    I used mine on a 2m fox hunt this evening. Im running low prowfile 4" antennas and it wasnt ideal. Wanted antennas that would stay put 24/7. Might use telescopic 1/4 antennas next week. Until I can make a sheetmetal platform to permanently affix the elements (although, this limits my frequency options a bit). Maybe I'll make uhf and vhf layouts, which I could move to, without too much hassle.

  • @rustledjammies8769
    @rustledjammies8769 Місяць тому

    I wish I had this a decade ago when business radio use was a lot of popular that now where I live!

  • @user-pu5jr3rx1o
    @user-pu5jr3rx1o 2 місяці тому

    Nice radios ❤

  • @JeffHochberg
    @JeffHochberg 2 місяці тому

    Not that that's illegal for hams or anything.... At least it is in the US.

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 2 місяці тому

      Yeah I wasn’t specifying it was for ham

  • @jameslargen284
    @jameslargen284 2 місяці тому

    I have a question regarding the mmdvm pi based sytem. Can the board be used with only a small list of radios or can it be widely used? Obviously motorola radius icom kenwood etc are supported, but what if a person wanted to use a tyt th9000 for example?

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 2 місяці тому

      Probably about 75-80% of radios it works on yes that’s including the th9000. just need direct modulator and discriminator connections. Something that uses dsp like a baofeng ht woudlnt work

    • @jameslargen284
      @jameslargen284 2 місяці тому

      @@SkylerF thank you so very much for the response! I am very new to the world of raspberry pi & the accessory boards, which is a bit confusing at first glance. I like the idea of using readily available units with easily accessible programming software to build a dual timeslot digital repeater. These little pi units seem like they are really powerful 💪 for the size 🤏. Is there a particular source or guide for a beginner that you would suggest?

  • @raysoucie489
    @raysoucie489 2 місяці тому

    NICE

  • @SkylerF
    @SkylerF 2 місяці тому

    Obv don’t do in ham band

  • @someguy1717
    @someguy1717 2 місяці тому

    Do you have parts list and plans for the dual baofeng model you built in a can? I like the look and want to build one of these. Thank you in advance!

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 2 місяці тому

      Unfortunately I don’t. I built this many years ago and did it mostly just by trial and error when I was picking resistor values etc. I would recommend the hamvoip website with some of their baofeng guides as a starting place

  • @patrickhelmick5829
    @patrickhelmick5829 2 місяці тому

    Excellent work! Regarding the comment that someone to drive for you would have been safer, I caught myself being a little bit nervous about that as well. But talking on the radio while driving is a staple for most of us even in a traffic-jammed metroplex. It’s not even hands-free for most mobiles!

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 2 місяці тому

      Good point. Guess I need more friends. I did it on an early Sunday morning so the traffic wasn’t too horrible

  • @davidvanhorn498
    @davidvanhorn498 3 місяці тому

    Hey there! KC6ETE in broomfield

  • @LaneLarson
    @LaneLarson 3 місяці тому

    Great explanation!

  • @thed8229
    @thed8229 3 місяці тому

    Dang buddy, didn't know you had a YT channel going. I got to see AB2SG's Kraken setup on a RFI hunt a week ago. Badass, I want! Good vid on the unit. K0ATV

  • @BVN-TEXAS
    @BVN-TEXAS 3 місяці тому

    Release the Kraken,,, that what your roof says when your going 85 on the highway and the antennas start to pop off. 😂

  • @npsit1
    @npsit1 3 місяці тому

    DF is interesting. I used it while in the military. Usually it was close.

  • @kjchaifisch
    @kjchaifisch 3 місяці тому

    Very neat video, but one question, wouldn't a single directional antenna be more effective than using an array of omnidirectional antennas? Like, directional antennas are already very good at direction finding so is the Kraken just showing that direction finding can be done with an omnidirectional antenna?

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 3 місяці тому

      With a directional antenna you would have to manually get outside of the car and aim the antenna by spinning it 360° to find the peak signal strength. Completely doable and usually what I used to do but just takes a lot of time manually getting bearing lines every time you stop the car. Plus most directional antennas have side lobes so you might get a signal even if you aren’t pointed right at the source.

    • @kjchaifisch
      @kjchaifisch 3 місяці тому

      @@SkylerFWell right... but with an omnidirectional you could be picking up that cell tower, or the other one down the street. A directional antenna would be subject to a lot less noise, and really, you only need 3 or more points for triangulation. Rather than driving in a circle letting the system figure out where something is until it actually figures it out.

  • @SteveM45
    @SteveM45 3 місяці тому

    Very interesting, but is this allowed? A car with many antennas . I have an idea: put a skiebox on top off the car.😅

    • @felixyasnopolski8571
      @felixyasnopolski8571 3 місяці тому

      it is. you can receive as much as you want

    • @mikesradiorepair
      @mikesradiorepair 3 місяці тому

      Have a antenna farm on the roof of my 1 ton van. HF screwdriver, 6 meters, 2 meters, 1.25 meters, 70cm, 33cm, 23cm, GMRS, CB and occasionally install the 5 antennas for a Kraken when I need to do direction finding. If you want to see a real antenna farm look at Andrea K2EV's mobile Rover station. ua-cam.com/video/A1-p3ZKl9NQ/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared

  • @raysoucie489
    @raysoucie489 3 місяці тому

    KE0DNQ...... 73

  • @Wolf359HeavyIndustries
    @Wolf359HeavyIndustries 3 місяці тому

    Very nice demo. A few of us back at SARA have been talking about them since they were first introduced. They are looking like a pretty mature product now. My current plan, with a Kraken or just using signal strength DF with an RTL, is to build some cheap and tiny 434MHz tracking beacons that activate when a cord is pulled. A coworker has had some trouble with Christmas decoration thieves. - bs

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 3 місяці тому

      LoRa trackers might be easier, 900MHz trackers such as the sensecap t1000

    • @Wolf359HeavyIndustries
      @Wolf359HeavyIndustries 3 місяці тому

      @@SkylerF Those look pretty cool, and I do intend to get into LoRa (Let's see if Meshtastic goes anywhere), but I am looking for a super compact solution, like within a heat shrink tube, to be sewn or stapled unnoticed into a seam in an inflatable Frosty the Snowman, etc. The only component I am missing is a ATtiny or somth that keys an id number along with a 45 second or so dash.

  • @Chrisflyss
    @Chrisflyss 3 місяці тому

    @skylerf have you tried it out with the antennas extended? Mine works very well that way.

  • @SolarGeneral
    @SolarGeneral 3 місяці тому

    So what’s the purpose of this?

  • @BestSpatula
    @BestSpatula 3 місяці тому

    Terrific presentation and demonstration of this device! I'd heard of the Kerberos SDR, this appears to be a much improved version.

  • @jim532
    @jim532 3 місяці тому

    Will the kraken work in a fixed configuration to get a directional bearing or do you have to be moving? It would be nice if you could put multiple units at fixed locations

  • @bashkillszombies
    @bashkillszombies 3 місяці тому

    Your voice over audio is pure cancer.

  • @drewlarson65
    @drewlarson65 3 місяці тому

    All that fiddling to get them 'precise' and you didn't even flatten the template...

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 3 місяці тому

      Hey I was filming with the other hand lol

    • @thed8229
      @thed8229 3 місяці тому

      And no torque wrench on the SMA's! 😂😂😂 Thank you for making the vid.

  • @Robert-cd5zr
    @Robert-cd5zr 3 місяці тому

    Can you put it on a paramotor trike?

  • @kevinboog9576
    @kevinboog9576 3 місяці тому

    Skyler. I'm I n Denver as well and would like to talk to you about some interference tracking. I monitor colcon and gmrs 600 repeater.. kfoipd WRMG656 . Hopefully you reach out.😊

  • @kevinboog9576
    @kevinboog9576 3 місяці тому

    Skyler. I'm I n Denver as well and would like to talk to you about some interference tracking. I monitor colcon and gmrs 600 repeater.. kfoipd WRMG656 . Hopefully you reach out.😊

  • @bryanst.martin7134
    @bryanst.martin7134 3 місяці тому

    The Ford Pickup owners are beside themselves. Aluminum bodies...

    • @ericgulseth74
      @ericgulseth74 3 місяці тому

      Yes. Nice not having the body rust out, but now I need to drill holes....

  • @bentheguru4986
    @bentheguru4986 3 місяці тому

    Finally, a tool to find the CB radio jammers

    • @javabeanz8549
      @javabeanz8549 3 місяці тому

      We did that years ago for fun. If it's an AM signal, see if you can find a TRC-427, looks like they are pretty cheap on eBay. RF Gain on these is an RF Attenuator circuit. Mount a magnet mount antenna as far back on your vehicle as possible, to make it more directional. I have hunted down a walkie talkie hidden in a hedge with this exact setup. And I have also been able to get a correct direction on a 300 watt linear at less than 1000 feet. $50 or $500, your choice. If you only need it for CB, the $50 sounds better to me.

    • @bentheguru4986
      @bentheguru4986 3 місяці тому

      @@javabeanz8549 Yeah, ours are 477MHz FM but same ideas.

    • @davidvanhorn498
      @davidvanhorn498 3 місяці тому

      @@javabeanz8549You don't need an AM RX to hunt an am TX

  • @augurkur
    @augurkur 3 місяці тому

    Most important reason to get the antenna kit: The antennas must be _precisely_ identical down to the atom, give or take, in order to use this for direction finding.

  • @Michael-iw3ek
    @Michael-iw3ek 3 місяці тому

    Is that similar to what they used to find Pablo Escobar?

  • @onlineuser4506
    @onlineuser4506 3 місяці тому

    I was thinking about getting something like this and mounting it to a large drone. For research purposes of course😅

  • @VicGreenBitcoin
    @VicGreenBitcoin 3 місяці тому

    Cool video! Was looking for that video!

  • @trixter192
    @trixter192 3 місяці тому

    You say the number "five" five times in the first minute.

  • @benefactionhindrance
    @benefactionhindrance 3 місяці тому

    How’s this useful to anybody? Do you unlock a trophy for finding 100 towers?

    • @ch716
      @ch716 3 місяці тому

      Transmitter direction finding is very useful for hunting down interference. If you’re not a ham, it may not seem too useful.

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 3 місяці тому

      Finding jammers and illegal transmissions also

    • @ericgulseth74
      @ericgulseth74 3 місяці тому

      Sounds like someone running an illegal simplex VHF repeater would ask...😂

    • @benefactionhindrance
      @benefactionhindrance 3 місяці тому

      @@ch716 ok, you locate the interference. Then what?

    • @benefactionhindrance
      @benefactionhindrance 3 місяці тому

      @@SkylerF I mean sure, then what? You’re going to knock at their door and ask them to quit it?

  • @roberttraylor1392
    @roberttraylor1392 3 місяці тому

    awesome video i have the tk-931 i bought from you and the tk-981 did know there was a tk-941 learned alot from this video

  • @ST31N42
    @ST31N42 3 місяці тому

    Very cool, well done

  • @ThomasHart59
    @ThomasHart59 3 місяці тому

    Beats the old days riding around on a bike! 🙂 Plus, there's a lot more ground-plane / mounting surface available. 😁

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 3 місяці тому

      Still not as fun as bicycle mobile 😁

    • @ericgulseth74
      @ericgulseth74 3 місяці тому

      Would love to see some bike mobile videos

  • @craftsman123456
    @craftsman123456 3 місяці тому

    Interesting i did not think they were being sold currently.

    • @SkylerF
      @SkylerF 3 місяці тому

      Yes you can get them on Mouser or Crowdsupply

  • @roberttraylor1392
    @roberttraylor1392 3 місяці тому

    awesome video enjoyed it

  • @raysoucie489
    @raysoucie489 3 місяці тому

    KE0DNQ.....73

  • @shadowhenge7118
    @shadowhenge7118 3 місяці тому

    Wish i could afford a nice tower like that. Im too close to the side of a hill to hit a whole portion of my region most days.

  • @billcurtis7855
    @billcurtis7855 3 місяці тому

    Nice scenery

  • @Only_Hams
    @Only_Hams 4 місяці тому

    Intermodulation can also happen when two transmitters are close together.

  • @jim5148
    @jim5148 4 місяці тому

    Intermod can also occur in a repeater at a busy site.