Hardware Inventory — DOT-VHF Ground Station
Project: SkyBridge Alaska
Station ID: DOT-VHF
Location: Anchorage, Alaska (61.2181N, -149.9003W, 40m ASL)
Inventory Date: 2026-03-12
1. Compute
| Item |
Specification |
Qty |
Est. Cost |
| Raspberry Pi 5 |
16 GB RAM, BCM2712 (Cortex-A76), aarch64 |
1 |
$80 |
| MicroSD Card |
64 GB (57 GB usable), boot drive |
1 |
$12 |
| Crucial P3 Plus NVMe SSD |
CT2000P3PSSD8, 2 TB, PCIe Gen4, mounted via Pi 5 HAT/adapter |
1 |
$120 |
| Hailo-8 AI HAT+ |
Present but disabled (NVMe occupies M.2 slot priority) |
1 |
$70 |
| Power Supply |
Official Pi 5 USB-C 27W (5.1V/5A) |
1 |
$12 |
| Case/Enclosure |
Pi 5 case with active cooling fan |
1 |
$10 |
2. Software-Defined Radio (SDR)
| Item |
Serial/ID |
Frequency |
Role |
Qty |
Est. Cost |
| RTL-SDR Blog V4 |
BLOGV4 |
118-137 MHz (VHF Aviation) |
OpenWebRX + VHF pipeline |
1 |
$35 |
| RTL-SDR (FlyCatcher) |
ADSB1090 |
1090 MHz |
ADS-B Extended Squitter (readsb) |
1 |
$30 |
| RTL-SDR (FlyCatcher) |
UAT978 |
978 MHz |
UAT / FIS-B (dump978-fa) |
1 |
$30 |
3. Antennas
| Item |
Band |
Connected To |
Qty |
Est. Cost |
| VHF Aviation Antenna |
118-137 MHz |
BLOGV4 |
1 |
$25 |
| 1090 MHz ADS-B Antenna |
1090 MHz |
ADSB1090 (FlyCatcher) |
1 |
$20 |
| 978 MHz UAT Antenna |
978 MHz |
UAT978 (FlyCatcher) |
1 |
$20 |
4. Networking
| Item |
Specification |
Qty |
Est. Cost |
| Ethernet Cable |
Cat5e/Cat6, connects to local network |
1 |
$5 |
| WiFi |
Built-in Pi 5 802.11ac, connected to local AP |
— |
— |
5. Meshtastic (Planned)
| Item |
Specification |
Qty |
Est. Cost |
| Meshtastic LoRa Radio |
902-928 MHz ISM, USB or serial connection |
1 |
$35-50 |
| LoRa Antenna |
915 MHz, SMA connector |
1 |
$15 |
Status: Not yet connected to this station. VHF pipeline is ready to publish transcripts once hardware arrives.
Cost Summary
| Category |
Subtotal |
| Compute (Pi 5 + storage + PSU) |
~$304 |
| SDR Receivers (3x) |
~$95 |
| Antennas (3x) |
~$65 |
| Networking |
~$5 |
| Meshtastic (planned) |
~$50-65 |
| Total (deployed) |
~$469 |
| Total (with Meshtastic) |
~$519-534 |
USB Device Map
Bus 001 Device 002: RTL2838 — BLOGV4 (VHF)
Bus 003 Device 003: RTL2838 — ADSB1090 (1090 MHz)
Bus 003 Device 004: RTL2838 — UAT978 (978 MHz)
USB serial numbers are programmed into each dongle for persistent device identification across reboots.
NVMe Drive Health (as of 2026-03-12)
| Metric |
Value |
| Model |
Crucial CT2000P3PSSD8 |
| Capacity |
1.8 TB usable |
| SMART Status |
PASSED |
| Temperature |
30C |
| Available Spare |
100% |
| Percentage Used |
0% |
| Power-On Hours |
664 |
| Media Errors |
0 |
| Data Written |
~20 MB (station recently deployed) |