ISS MAI-75 Slow Scan experiment Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD reported that the Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment MAI-75 is active during October 28-29, 2013. He also reports that on October 31, 2013 SSTV images will be transmitted from the ISS on … Continue reading
GNURadio GNU Radio is a free & open-source software development toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement software radios. It can be used with readily-available low-cost external RF hardware to create software-defined radios, or without hardware in a simulation-like … Continue reading
Nothing heard from CUSat Since Wednesday, October 16 there is nothing heard from the Scientific satellite CUSat. Maybe you can listen for it on 437.405 FM. Normally the satellite is transmitting in 1 minute interval with 1k2 AFSK. Cornell CUSat … Continue reading
ZACube-1 Mission The South African ZACUBE 1 (South Africa CubeSat-1) is a student-developed 1U CubeSat of CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology), Cape Town, South Africa. Its main payload is a high frequency (HF) beacon transmitter that will be used … Continue reading
The main receivers are SDR based. My favourite SDR receiver at this moment is the FUNcube Dongle Pro+. The combination of the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and SDRSharp is working great when your main interest is Satellite communication. Below a diagram … Continue reading
The CubeSat IRC channel is the place to be on launch day. Typically, amateur radio operators and developers from around the globe will collaborate their tracking efforts here and share tips and discoveries as new satellites are heard for the … Continue reading