{"id":2211,"date":"2012-05-23T09:23:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2211"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:35:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T18:35:13","slug":"about-w4kaz-cw-skimmer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2211","title":{"rendered":"About W4KAZ CW Skimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">UPDATE 2020_09_02:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>The CW skimmer station was rebuilt in late 2017 based upon the then new Red Pitaya hardware platform.\u00c2\u00a0 The Red Pitaya system at W4KAZ currently operational is described in the post link below:<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?p=2786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red Pitaya SDR as Core of CW Skimmer Station Rebuild<\/a><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"W4KAZ Skimmer Schedule\" href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Skimmer Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reversebeacon.net\/dxsd1\/dxsd1.php?f=0&amp;c=w4kaz&amp;t=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Spots(Most Recent CW Skimmer Spots by W4KAZ via Reverse Beacon Network)<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>* * * *\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 * * * *<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">NOTICE:<\/span> Historical skimmer station information below.<\/h4>\n<h4>The W4KAZ skimmer station feeding spots to the Reverse Beacon Network was switched over to use a Red Pitaya as an SDR in November 2017.\u00c2\u00a0 The following information describes\/documents the previous skimmer that is NO LONGER THE ACTIVE STATION.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m keeping it only for\u00c2\u00a0 reference purposes.<\/h4>\n<p>The following are a set of links which develop a bit of background history on the planning and construction at W4KAZ of the CW skimmer station.\u00c2\u00a0 It is designed to use the SoftRock SDR kits and VE3NEA&#8217;s CW Skimmer program to feed CW spots into the Reverse Beacon Network.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there are SoftRock CW skimmers completed for the 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, and 15m amateur bands. \u00c2\u00a0Construction of the 10m SoftRock is pending. \u00c2\u00a0Revisions to the softrocks for 20m and 15m are planned, pending the success of the 10m kit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Softrock Based CW Skimmer Station General Approach<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a title=\"w4kaz skimmer hardware platforms\" href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Softrock Based CW Skimmer Station Hardware Platforms<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a title=\"Band details\" href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Softrock Based CW Skimmer Station Band-by-Band Details<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a title=\"Sound Card observations\" href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Softrock Based CW Skimmer Station Sound Card Reviews<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><a title=\"Simple programmable Si570 for Softrock Lite\" href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?p=2601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">W4KAZ Softrock Based CW Skimmer Station-Si570 Oscillator for Softrock lite<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Softrock Lite II schematic(Original 2008)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wb5rvz.org\/softrock_lite_ii\/original_sr_lite_ii_schematic.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softrock Lite II schematic(Original 2008)<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Softrock Lite IF schematic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wb5rvz.org\/softrock_lite_ii\/IF%20Lite%20II%209_2_11%20sheet%201.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softrock Lite IF schematic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Softrock Lite V6.2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wb5rvz.com\/sdr\/New_SR_Lite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Softrock Lite V6.2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lite V6.2 schematic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wb5rvz.com\/sdr\/New_SR_Lite\/images\/index.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LiteV6.2 schematic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 2020_09_02:\u00c2 The CW skimmer station was rebuilt in late 2017 based upon the then new Red Pitaya hardware platform.\u00c2 The Red Pitaya system at W4KAZ currently operational is described in the post link below:<\/p>\n<p> Red Pitaya SDR as Core of CW Skimmer Station Rebuild W4KAZ Skimmer Schedule W4KAZ Spots(Most Recent CW Skimmer Spots by W4KAZ via Reverse Beacon Network) * * * *\u00c2 \u00c2 * * * *\u00c2 \u00c2 * * * *\u00c2 \u00c2 * * * *\u00c2 * * * *\u00c2 \u00c2 * * * *\u00c2 \u00c2 * * * *\u00c2 \u00c2 * * * * \u00c2 NOTICE: Historical skimmer station information below. The W4KAZ skimmer station feeding spots to the Reverse Beacon Network was switched over to use a Red Pitaya as an SDR in November 2017.\u00c2 The following information describes\/documents the previous skimmer that is NO LONGER THE ACTIVE STATION.\u00c2 I&#8217;m keeping it only for\u00c2 reference purposes. <\/p>\n<p>The following are a set of links which develop a bit of background history on the planning and construction at W4KAZ of the CW skimmer station.\u00c2 It is designed to use the SoftRock SDR kits and VE3NEA&#8217;s CW Skimmer program to feed CW spots into the Reverse Beacon Network.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there are SoftRock CW skimmers completed for the 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, and 15m amateur bands. \u00c2 Construction of the 10m SoftRock is pending. \u00c2 Revisions to the softrocks for 20m and 15m are planned, pending the success of the 10m kit.<\/p>\n<p> W4KAZ Softrock Based CW Skimmer Station General [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?page_id=2211\">About W4KAZ CW Skimmer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2211"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2211\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}