Category: Telecommunications

Telecommunications: Propagation, HF, VHF, UHF, uWave

Balcony ATSC HD Television

Post author By Jeremy Clark
Post date July 30, 2018

For some time I have wanted to see how many television channels I could receive from the CN Tower in Toronto. I can clearly see the TV antenna at the top of the tower from my apartment balcony, although it is boxed in on both sides by buildings. The 7.6Km Google Earth path is shown […]

Telecommunications

RTL-SDR for Weather Radio

Post author By Jeremy Clark
Post date July 25, 2018

A simple RTL-SDR receiver can be used to receive marine weather forecasts. The unit is small and inexpensive (approx. $25). It can be controlled by using the software program SDR# or other similar programs. The picture above shows my unit plugged into the usb port on the left side of my laptop, the display shows […]