Moved house - new shack setup! 

Ha ha. It was actually fun to count the SDRs. No wonder my wife says I'm obsessed 😉

I agree!

Thank you William.

Nice look so far Rob good health and luck with the new location

Cheers!

Thanks John.

Cheers Alain!

Hopefully it will be when it's all connected!

Thanks man. I think I've found the box they are in, but haven't dived in there yet!

Oh, that's a tough one. I'm not well versed enough to do that video. Perhaps ask on some of the HAM specific channels. Some of those chaps have it well thought out and planned, and it certainly would be easier to install during new construction.

Separating the AC & RF cables is a great idea. I haven't heard of cable trays though. Can you send me a link in the comments?

@@FrugalRadio First the 'cable tray' - probably have another name in English - you know them when you see them: www.bauhaus.dk/rev-ritter-kabelbakke-15x-30-mm-2-m-hvid about 2 meter long plastic tray with lid that peels off. Remove the lid, mount one for AC and one for data beneath the tables. Cut small holes in the bottom of the tray if you need to exit a table somewhere along the length. When the lid is replaced, the cutout is hidden For all those annoying power supplies, I mounted a 'picture shelf' about 1 foot below the table surface - on the wall. Added a power strip above it. Now I can put all the separate power supplies for monitors, network switch, radios etc on that shelf - well hidden unless you sit on the floor. Have a hole in the table (as it is permanently mounted flush with the wall - for cables coming up from the shelf. Picture shelf: jysk.dk/opbevaring/hylder/billedhylde-agedrup-115x7-hvid Each element is 115 cm long and 7 cm wide, perfect for smaller power supplies etc.

@bodstrup these are fantastic ideas. I actually have a couple of those Jysk picture shelves already that are waiting to be repurposed. Now they have an assignment ;-) I'm letting the cables be a mess right now, but I am determined to follow through with this idea. I love it. If you've got photos of your setup, can you upload them somewhere? I'd love to see the final setup!

Cheers prog. Hopefully they'll all get wired up in the not-too-distant future!

It's always changing, but yeah, is good to have a bit of space and a few radios!

Oh, that's a bummer. Time for a remote setup I guess! Got a friend that would host it for you? Perhaps you could stream the data back to your house via a Raspberry Pi or other SBC.

​@@FrugalRadio Yes it is. Good idea. It is an autumn project to set up some kind of rtl_tcp at my parents house, where I have my shared backup server. I have a good mix of Orange Pis and Raspberry Pis to play with. The elevation of the aviation relevant Inmarsat satellites are quite low ( < 9 °) here in Denmark. It is therefore I need to go high. But I have a bunch of other projects I can play with over the Internet.

I like the sound of your plan. It also sounds like you already have the equipment you will need. Enjoy the Autumn project!

Good luck with getting your kit cleaned up!

Sure do! And back to work this week as well, so busy indeed!

Yeah, it's been a while. Hopefully not too much longer until the next video. Thanks for your comments and continued interest.

@@FrugalRadio Good luck...!!!

Hi Michael, thanks for subscribing to the channel. 12 kHz is pretty low, and the RTL-SDRs definitely won't be stable enough down there. I would recommend one of the 'step up' SDRs, although as you mentioned, you could use an upconverter. Although the NooElec upconverter I have has a lower freq limit of 100 kHz. The SDRPlay RSP1A goes down to 1 kHz. The RSPdx is even more capable in the VLF band, from what I've read. I'm very fond of my AirSpy HF+ Discovery, which goes down to 0.5 kHz.

@@FrugalRadio Hi Rob, Thank you for your very quick and informative response. I will look into these units. The reason i am wanting 12khz and above is to check the frequencies of vlf metal detectors. Thank you again very much appreciated. Please keep up the great work :)

Thanks for your kind words. Good luck with the metal detector project!

@@FrugalRadio You are very welcome sir and thank you also. Just to clarify though if i may. My main interest in sdr is scanning the radio spectrum and hopefully decoding data. The metal detector side was just an idea. I have a frequency counter which will cover 12 khz but the output power from a metal detector is so low it will not pick it up.

Yes, back in Canada 🙂, Alberta. As long as you don't have mountains south of you, it should work just fine. That satellite is the primary coverage for this region. The 54W bird may be more challenging from Vancouver. Let us know how you get on! PS thanks for the cmment on the videos!

Yep, and I've been thinking about that too. I'm going to see if I can find some software that would receive multiple inputs, and allow me to prioritise certain channels. If I can set the various auto ducking parameters correctly, active radios will be passed through at a level in line with their priority, but if everything else is quiet, an active translation on any radio will be audible. I know some sound boards have that capability (only for 1 key channel). Perhaps there's a solution out there for more channels...

@@FrugalRadio i have a audio mixer on my humble system (nothing like yours) 4 stereo x 8 mono input with control room head phone and main out put .for control and main speakers i use powered Walwart type not too powerfull for headphones i use bluethooth wireless rx/tx and head set earbuds

Sounds like you thought it out well. Bet it works real well!

@@FrugalRadio can send recomindation if you would like

Lol, I work for a non profit. No big paycheques for me, ha ha. Just stuff that has been slowly accumulated or donated over the years.

Having multiple units of each allows for greater flexibility. If you look over some of my previous videos, you'll see how each SDR is assigned a specific function. Some systems require 2 dongles to monitor them. As for the scanners, the old analog ones monitor the local aviation channels - one for Ground, one for Tower, one for Arrivals & Departures, another for Terminal etc.

@@FrugalRadio 👍👌

Still learning the ropes!

If only it was RU-vid paying the bills! Working 2 other jobs is the reality!!!