Software for Antenna Rotor Control and Satellite Tracking
Find applications and tools for managing antenna rotators, tracking satellites, and enhancing your ham radio station's capabilities.
Controlling directional antennas is key for many amateur radio activities, from working DX on HF to making satellite QSOs. Operators often use software to precisely aim their beams, especially when tracking fast-moving satellites or rotating large arrays for contesting. This allows for accurate pointing, maximizing signal strength and minimizing interference.
This category features various software tools for antenna rotor control. Hams can find standalone programs like LP-Rotor for basic azimuth control, or more advanced applications such as PstRotator which supports many common rotor models including HyGain and Yaesu. For satellite operation, dedicated tracking software like SimpleSat Rotor Controller and Moontracker interfaces with Az-El rotors, often compatible with programs like SatPC32. Additionally, some contest logging software, such as AIO All in One, integrates rotor control directly into the operating interface.
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Windows contest logging software with multiple functions like antenna rotor control, dx cluster, cat control, voice and cw keying, supports many data modes, qrz lookup, pirint qsl and labels, mapping and more. Donationware software. -
LP-Rotor 2.0 is a standalone freeware rotator control program for use with Microsoft Windows. LP-Rotor should work with all versions of Windows from Windows 95 forward. It is designed to be used with the Hy-Gain DCU-1 or RotorEZ interfaces for Hy-Gain rotators, or the RotorCard interface for Yaesu rotators. -
PstRotator handles just about every controllable rotator in common use: Prosistel, Green Heron, HyGain, RC1 MDS, Rotor-EZ Idiom Press, Yaesu Az and many more PstRotator includes automatic tracking for satellite or EME communications, using programs like WSJT, VQLog, TACLog, Z-Track, GJTracker, EME System, Trak_SM, WXtrack, WinOrbit, Orbitron, Nova for Windows, Sat_Explorer, SatPC32, Win-Test. PstRotator supports remote control over TCP/IP. -
Tracking Interfaces and software for allmost every rotor -
GJTracker is a antenna tracking program for windows written to be compatible with WSJT -
A moon tracking software capable to drive the rotation of your antennas in azimuth and elevation -
remoteRotator is a command line application which makes your azimuth / elevation antenna rotators available on the network. It available for Linux/Windows/MacOS and written in the programing language Go. -
Antenna Rotor Control Software for Windows and Linux is a companion project to the arduino rotor controller.