Awshuxs Studios

06/02/2026

Host of the month!🤓
Though I'm still recovering in the rankings from the time I was down last month.
My average is now in the 1900-1800 range.

Optimizing antenna placement for ADS-B receiver setup.

06/02/2026

During my upgrades to the ADS-B system, my interest in radio grew a bit.
So, I built a general SDR platform instead using the PI ADS-B stack that I was currently operating with.
I started with a retired WS and installed Debian 13 and turned it into a complete VHF/UHF/HAM workstation with an RTL2838 SDR attached. With this and six different antennas the roof is starting to look like radio shack.

05/27/2026

One frame of lightning. Video is slowed down 20X.

05/26/2026

Over the past year the studio has expanded operations into the the over the air (OTA) radio spectrum and digital signal processing (DSP) systems.
What started as a simple PIAware system running on a PI4 and a single RTL2832U software defined radio (SDR) using a simple magnetic attached radio antenna has now grown into a multi-system radio receiver site complete with a fully integrated SDR workstation for VHF/UHF/HAM receiving and broadcasting.
We are now operating dedicated 3 radio systems each with dedicated mast antennas. The original PI unit alone is now serving 10 commercial ADS-B flight tracking systems on a 24/7 basis.
Anyway, the end result is if it has a radio I can now receive the signal and decode it.

05/20/2026

The studio ADS-B receiver host is now serving these national ADS-B systems on a 7/24 basis.

05/18/2026

The next project is a Linux/SDR based HAM radio base station.
The first component is a 25-1300Mhz Discone Base Antenna for wideband transmission and reception. The antenna will be capable of broadcasting at 300Watts on lower band frequency CB channels and 200Watts on the higher VHF-UHF frequencies.
BTW, I have to obtain a license to be able to broadcast legally. However, I can still broadcast on the citizens bands ( CH 2-40 ) and still listen to the rest until I obtain one. 🤓
So, to the left I'm already modifying the new mast. I added a 4' riser to the antenna arm. This will bring the mast to 30' or 440' ASL.

05/16/2026

It will be 3 years soon.
I signed up for CoCoRaHS on May 23, 2023 and started recording May 27, 2023.

05/13/2026

The new studio antenna mast/flag pole is installed and fully functional.
The mast is a 25' flag pole set in a 15 gallon planter filled with concrete. The offset arm and 1090/978Mhz antenna brings it to a total of 27 feet.
I also installed 4 point guywires to keep any wind oscillation to a minimum when the flags are up and keeps the ADS-B Flightaware GPS node accurate at all times. I'm already planning to add a LTE cell antenna if the node maintains a reasonable GPS lock and a full range SDR antenna this summer. This will give me the ability to transmit and receive when I choose to pursue this aspect of radio services. 🤓

05/12/2026

The flagpole now has secondary purpose as a ADS-B antenna mast.🤓

05/05/2026

I have been wanting to fly a American flag for a long time. 🇺🇸
So, I installed a flag pole for the 250th!