Hello all,
I've finally got round to getting up and running with a set-up for GRAVES radar meteor detection and what a learning curve I have been on in this past 7 days!
I have built a 3 element yagi out of plastic pipe and a steel tape measure. Nice and cheap, but not really suited to permanent installation as the electrical connections aren't weather proofed and the elements would flex in the wind. But nice and portable to take out to an observing session. My longer term plan will be to build one with more robust and weatherproof construction.
I started out using CubicSDR on Linux with my SDRPlay RSP1A and was very pleased to get pings. I put the audio (via VB-Audio virtual audio cable) into Argo which could screenshot the waterfall every screen full and I got some great catches all through the night a couple of nights ago.
Yesterday, I have been experimenting with Spectrum Lab and using the MetScatV7 configuration and conditional actions to capture and log the pings.
Ultimately, I would like to have an SDR and Raspberry Pi running 24/7 in the shed, so my question is, has anyone got any experience/recommendations for a Pi based solution like Spectrum Lab!
Thank for reading