Finally, I got everything in place to build a very basic portable satellite tracker. Well, sort of: A bunch of servos, a bluetooth slave module, an Arduino Uno and – of course – the antenna. While those parts are great to do some preliminary experiments I decided to order mounting material, enclosure(s) and batteries (to […]
Read More →Using a common DVB-T USB stick (w/ RTL2832U chip) is clearly the cheapest way to get into the world of Software Defined Radios. But there is a huge drawback: RX below ~50MHz is not possible. So if you are looking for a solution which covers HF frequencies, a DVB-T stick is not an option. Browsing […]
Read More →I’ve always been fascinated by satellite communications and have been gathering ideas for building a satellite tracker right from the day I received my ham radio license back in early 2015. The primary scope of this project has always been to have an easy-to-use portable setup with as little additional equipment as possible. My usual […]
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