Using GPS In Amateur Radio

Using GPS In Amateur Radio, by Andrew Barron, ZL3DW sets out to explain GPS technology and illustrates how you can experiment with it in Amateur Radio. Today many of us have GPS (Global Positioning Satellites) units in our cars, a host of other gadgets and even some Amateur Radio equipment. However, as Amateurs Radio operators are we getting the most from this technology?

Using GPS in Amateur Radio is about GPS and other GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) satellites and how we can use the data broadcast by them for Amateur Radio. You will find that utilizing GPS benefits digital modes like FT8, WSPR, and WSJT which rely on accurate transmit and receive period timing, this is easy to achieve with internet access to international time servers. GPS-governed clocks dramatically improve the frequency stability of our transceivers working in the UHF and microwave bands and allow us to frequency lock our frequency counters, spectrum analyzers and signal generators, turning cheaper instruments into professional tools. Andrew has included some Python programs and a few inexpensive Raspberry Pi projects that you can build at home. These are all designed to illustrate how you can experiment with using GPS data in your Amateur Radio endeavors.

As always Andrew has written a practical book in an easy-to-understand manner that provides what you need to know in a digestible format. If you just want to learn more about GPS technology or perhaps want to build a GPS-disciplined oscillator or clock then Using GPS in Amateur Radio is the book for you. Order a copy from DX Engineering today!


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