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The kids, Diaze, Mota, and Tawnse (aliases), and I are regularly in the space. I'm starting on my second semester of teaching a class on Pico-W/Python programming for kids, (but anyone can join in.) | |||
We also work on a ham radio known as Project TouCans in the space. So far it's a Morse code only (CW) single frequency radio that is housed in its antenna. | |||
[[File:DALL·E 2024-05-27 19.24.04 - Imagine a captivatingly cute creature, a blend of a toucan and an octocat, now adorned with lab goggles to add an element of whimsy and intelligence..webp|left|thumb|150x150px|The Project TouCans avatar, a toucan crossed with the github octocat.]] | |||
Radio's housed in dipole antennas are a bit of a rarity, but it keeps us from losing power in the feedline and from having to worry about feedline impedance mismatch. The radio is attached directly to a resonant antenna. We control the rig from the ground via WiFi using Python. For th moment that means we're sending up characters to a Python coded Morse keyer that lives in a Pico-W (and was one of the lessons in the class metioned above.) | |||
Revision as of 20:14, 20 August 2024
The kids, Diaze, Mota, and Tawnse (aliases), and I are regularly in the space. I'm starting on my second semester of teaching a class on Pico-W/Python programming for kids, (but anyone can join in.)
We also work on a ham radio known as Project TouCans in the space. So far it's a Morse code only (CW) single frequency radio that is housed in its antenna.
Radio's housed in dipole antennas are a bit of a rarity, but it keeps us from losing power in the feedline and from having to worry about feedline impedance mismatch. The radio is attached directly to a resonant antenna. We control the rig from the ground via WiFi using Python. For th moment that means we're sending up characters to a Python coded Morse keyer that lives in a Pico-W (and was one of the lessons in the class metioned above.)