DATV Experimenter's Night - Storm 2 Power Pack + Contesting + 3.4GHz + WSPR + More

00:02:35 - We started with Ben VK7BEN showing his recent Kickstarter purchase a Storm 2 Power Pack. This is a 100W passthrough power pack. 27,600mAh or 99.36Wh which is within the limits of carry-on luggage on airplanes (remember them!). Can supply voltage from 3.3-25.2V DC Out. It has 2 USB-C and one USB-A+DC. It is a Compact Battery Bank With See-Through Design. We showed the energy control operating system on the small OLED colour screen. The battery bank comes with two connecting cables. Thanks Ben.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edc-power-bank/storm-2-sci-fi-inspired-edc-power-bank-for-digital-nomads

00:15:00 - Richard VK7ZBX then showed off his very impressive first place in the 6 hour phone section of the John Moyle Memorial Field Day and we discussed the contest, thanks Richard.
https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/johnmoyle/

00:19:50 - We then discussed last weekend's Oceania DX Phone contest and participation. We showed Paul VK5PAS' website and the many contacts he made on 20m, thanks Paul.
https://vk5pas.org/2021/10/04/2021-oceania-dx-contest/

00:25:15 - Justin VK7TW then showed the inside of a 3.4GHz panel antenna. These are from the Geelong ARC club conversion project. They are basically a 300mm square phased array of PCB patch antennas.

00:31:10 - We then showed the latest addition to the Pawsey Supercomputing centre that Andrew Elwell talked about in the REAST April 2021 Presentation
https://www.zdnet.com/article/pawsey-unwraps-first-stage-of-au48m-setonix-hpe-research-supercomputer/
REAST April Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrpyJWoxs54

00:33:33 - Justin then showed the TAPR WSPR RaspberryPi Transmitter. This is a simple transmitter circuit and low pass filter with the RF and WSPR signal being generated in the RaspberryPi.
https://tapr.org/product/wspr/
https://tapr.org/wspr-documentation-and-files/

00:38:20 - We finished the night with a reminder of the November ( Wed 3 Nov) presentation titled "All about Digital Voice Hotspots" with Scott VK7HSE.