Active projects

Systems, experiments, and infrastructure running at the Grove.

Full details on every system being built, maintained, and lived with. Hardware lists, wiring diagrams, config files, and lessons learned.

Deployed Testing Planned Retired Abandoned
Active & deployed

Current Projects

Systems that are live, running, and actively maintained.

Weather & Local Conditions

Micro-climate monitoring

4 combined radio and weather monitoring systems that collect atmospheric data for the National Weather Service.

Deployed — January 2025

GOES Satellite Downlink

Weather imagery from space

90cm dish receiving GOES-19 transmissions. Full-disk imagery, regional views, storm tracking every few minutes.

Deployed — Nov 2024
Updated: Nov 2025

EarthCam & Camera System

Live streaming and security

Five cameras covering property perimeter. Motion detection with smart zones. 24/7 recording with 30-day retention.

Deployed — Sept 2024
Updated: Oct 2025
In development

Future Projects

Systems being planned, tested, or built. Not yet deployed to production.

NExUS

Neighborhood Encrypted eXchange for Unified Signals

Planning

NExUS (Neighborhood Encrypted eXchange for Unified Signals) is a community radio system that combines secure, encrypted communications with controlled public access. It functions like a neighborhood-wide digital backbone, allowing trusted users and services to talk on encrypted channels while still providing the public with listen-in access through designated talkgroups, streams, or gateways. Information can easily be received with a common SDR using ISM channels.

TARGET
Q3 2027
PROGRESS
Developing Protocol
HARDWARE
Building Minimum Specs
No longer active

Retired & Abandoned Projects

Systems that have been decommissioned, replaced, or abandoned. Lessons learned documented.

NOAA APT Receiver

Retired

Polar orbiting weather satellites — Manual tracking with directional antenna

Active: Novemeber 2024 - September 2025
Reason: Service Decommissioned by NOAA