[amsat-bb] SDR monitoring/telemetry station

[Andrew Rich]

Very nice

Andrew

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> On 25 Sep 2016, at 15:57, Simon Brown <simon at sdr-radio.com> wrote:
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Rotator controller: DDE is provided for your client such as PST Rotator.
> Doppler shift: Yes, for both the SDR (of course) and an external radio used
> for transmit (TS-2000, IC-910, FT-991 ...).
> Satellite priority: You select the passes you are interested in for the next
> 96 hours.
> 
> Simon Brown, GK4ELI
> http://sdr-radio.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Rich [mailto:vk4tec at tech-software.net] 
> Sent: 25 September 2016 03:52
> To: Simon Brown <simon at sdr-radio.com>
> Cc: Matthew Stevens <matthew at mrstevens.net>; amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SDR monitoring/telemetry station
> 
> Simon
> 
> Rotator controller Doppler shift and satellite priority ?
> 
> Andrew 
> 
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>> On 25 Sep 2016, at 02:15, Simon Brown <simon at sdr-radio.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Matthew,
>> 
>> Yes - it is quite some project but I've broken the back of it and 
>> tomorrow / early next week will be transmitting with my FT-991 and 
>> receiving with the Airspy, all controlled via one software package.
>> 
>> Simon Brown, GK4ELI
>> http://sdr-radio.com
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Matthew Stevens
>> Sent: 24 September 2016 12:51
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SDR monitoring/telemetry station
>> 
>> Wow, looks like quite a project! That will be really nice to have 
>> everything in one package.
>> 
>> The SDRplay is 12 bit, I believe. Right now I'm going to keep 
>> everything simple as I can. Don't have a place to mount a rotator/array
> anyways.
>> 
>> - Matthew KK4FEM
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Sep 24, 2016, at 07:36, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yep
>>> 
>>> + RTL SDR
>>> + AirSpy Mini
>>> + LimeSDR
>>> 
>>> Andrew
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------------------
>>> Andrew Rich VK4TEC
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Sep 2016, at 9:29 PM, Simon Brown <simon at sdr-radio.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> But,
>>>> 
>>>> Only an 8-bit device, therefore with limited dynamic range. The 
>>>> AirSpy Mini (the AirSpy dongle flavour) 
>>>> https://www.itead.cc/airspy-mini.html is a much better option, 
>>>> especially
>> with the latest software support in SDR#.
>>>> 
>>>> FWIW a full-blown station is what I'm working on myself:
>>>> http://sdr-satellites.com/
>>>> 
>>>> Simon Brown, GK4ELI
>>>> http://sdr-radio.com
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> 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
>>>> 
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