Amateur Satellite tracking
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There are a number of Amateur Radio Satellites, mostly in low earth orbit (LEO). It is possible to reach these with a HT and a directional antenna like the Arrow dual band yagi, or with an omni-directional antenna and 10w of power.
Also, the UCF ARC club has access to the ground station hardware, which includes a computer controlled two axis rotor, computer controlled all mode radio, and a high power yagi, which should be able to hit all the satellites.
Additional information[edit]
- AMSAT
- AMSAT mailing lists, especially amsat-florida
- Florida AMSAT net, 443.100 N4HHA-R thursday 7:30pm EST
Existing tracking software[edit]
- satpc32 (for sale on the AMSAT website, includes rotor control)
- macdoppler (for sale on the AMSAT website, for Macs, rotor control)
- instatrak (sp? link?) (old)
- AMSAT website includes online predictions and current detailed satellite health data
- gpredict (make sure you get the manual too)
- http://www.nlsa.com/
web based trackers[edit]
- Amsat home page AMSAT lists multiple packages, commercial and free (but omits gpredict)
- http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Spacecraft.html
- http://heavens-above.com/
- http://www.n2yo.com/