Comm Projects

Completed Projects

• A 32dB 4W Big-Red-Bee Amplifier (Rev 1.2 and Rev 2 complete)
• A 441Mhz J-pole antenna for the BRB amplifier
• Two 437Mhz quagi high gain antennas for extending Ginger
• Ginger - The advanced data routing system
  • How do I use Ginger?

Projects in Progress

• Portable Power System
• Allspice Nodes
• The Spice Rack - PC Software for Ginger
• Black Powder Cutdown System
• 915MHz directional antennas for the JPL drop probe

Tools

• An RF Link Distance Calculator

Proposed Projects

• A Ginger Controlled Text2Speech Radio on 2m
• A custom digital video system using realtime jpeg compression and a 1.3mp cmos sensor.
• A PCB based 2.4Ghz power splitter/combiner
• High Power Allspice Nodes for Tracking the Vehicles