[amsat-bb] SDR monitoring/telemetry station

[Andrew Rich]

RTL SDR dongle

I see it can do multiple freqs at once

Depends on how far you want to go - you can have a fully blown rotator controlled and radio station 

Andrew 

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Andrew Rich VK4TEC
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m vk4tec at tech-software.net






> On 24 Sep 2016, at 6:26 AM, Matthew Stevens <matthew at mrstevens.net> wrote:
> 
> So, after discovering that trying to process telemetry data from the
> audio log I recorded out of my D72A doesn't work at all, I'm kicking
> around the idea of getting an SDR receiver to monitor Fox/Funcube
> telemetry, as well as use for general HF/air band/satellite reception.
> 
> My first thought is to use an SDRplay hooked up to my computer as a
> more-or-less unattended monitoring station. I'm aware of the Funcube
> dongle, but it looks like the SDRplay is a little more versatile as
> far as general SDR use, not just sat telemetry. In theory it looks
> like I can set up HDSDR with an SDRplay to record automatically on
> intervals, and then process telemetry after the fact. In
> practice....Has anyone used this approach? Or have a better way?
> 
> My other question is about antennas. I know there isn't going to be
> any one antenna that will work for everything. At first I will
> probably just use a spare 2m/440 mag mount I have lying around, stuck
> on the metal roof of my house. Just curious what others are using?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> - Matthew KK4FEM
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