G5VZ projects

Projects and practical experiments

This section brings together practical amateur radio, Raspberry Pi, SDR, CW, electronics and station-building projects. Individual project pages describe the hardware, software, construction and lessons learned.

Completed Raspberry Pi 5 ADS-B receiver in its enclosure

Raspberry Pi · SDR · 1090 MHz

ADS-B aircraft tracking

A dedicated Raspberry Pi 5 receiver providing local SkyAware aircraft tracking, a FlightAware feed and a simultaneous feed to the 1090MHz UK aggregator.

Read the ADS-B project
MiniWhip mast-top board fitted to the lid of its enclosure

Active antenna · Club construction

Voltage Probe Antenna — the MiniWhip club build

A compact receive antenna based on the PA0DRT Mini Whip. The original workshop photographs show how the bias tee and mast-top board were built on copper-clad board.

Read the MiniWhip project