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Select your favorite satellite and watch its trajectory on Google Maps in real time! Includes ISS tracking, Weather, Geostationary, GPS Military, and of course Amateur radio satellites. N2YO provides comprehensive real-time satellite tracking with particular emphasis on amateur radio satellites. The service offers precise pass predictions calculated for user-specific locations, displaying upcoming passes with azimuth, elevation, and duration data essential for ham operators planning satellite contacts. N2YO features dedicated tracking for amateur radio satellites including FM, linear transponder, and digital satellites, with frequency information and downlink/uplink details. The platform delivers live tracking visualizations on interactive maps, Doppler shift calculations, and automated email notifications for upcoming passes. This free resource integrates weather satellite tracking alongside NOAA imagery, making it invaluable for radio enthusiasts pursuing satellite communications.

Real time tracking of an unlimited number of satellites, fast, accurate and easy to use. Automated FTP keps updates. Also support a great number of interface to control rotors azimuth and elevation plus frequency doppler shift. Since 2017 Nova is free to donwload and use. No support is given.

Smart homebrew antenna-ELEVATOR system with linear actuator. The actuator is a cheap and heavy tool with high enough torque, ideal for elevation systems, but in practice it needs quite an effort in order to operate correctly in your homebrew antenna system. This page inform you of the actuator's secrets.

Orbitron is a freeware (cardware) application dedicaed to satellite tracking. Allow tracking of ISS, Iridium flares, ham radio satellites, International Space Station, satellite passes prediction, orbits, auto updates and alerting

Satscape is a freeware program for the PC Macintosh and Linux. It produces real-time displays of where any Satellite is, and predicts passes for your locale. There are about 8000+ satellites in orbit, a lot of these are just junk and debris such as discarded rocket bodies, but quite a few are working Satellites.

Here is a high-performance hand-held beam antenna that is easy to build and guaranteed to improve your downlink from the LEO satellites over ANY rubber duck or mobile whip

A portable antenna for mode B and J satellites

A 6 elements VHF Yagi antenna designed with YAGIMAX 3 and made by SV1XY with excellent results on local and satellites contacts like UO-14 and AO-27

On the Satellitenprogram of DJ0SX Peter one can provide time schedules for over 500 satellites or count 23 satellites real-time imTextmode. The large advantage exists in thought out and of long observation practice which are due flexibility in the selection and the requirements to a satellite program. The program runs under Windows 95/98, NT, XP, 2000

A 2-meter Turnstile antenna, detailed for amateur satellite communication, offers a straightforward build for those looking to engage with orbiting transponders. The author, WB8ERJ, shares his personal design and construction methods, emphasizing the antenna's simplicity and effectiveness for LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite work. This design provides a circularly polarized signal, crucial for mitigating _Faraday rotation_ and signal fading often encountered with linearly polarized antennas when tracking satellites. Construction involves readily available materials like PVC pipe and copper wire, making it an accessible project for many hams. The article includes practical advice on element spacing and feed point considerations, drawing from the author's hands-on experience in the shack and field. It highlights the antenna's utility for receiving signals from various amateur satellites, including the popular AO-91 and AO-92. The Turnstile's inherent omnidirectional pattern in the horizontal plane, combined with its circular polarization, yields consistent signal reception, often resulting in **stronger decodes** and **more reliable contacts** compared to basic dipoles or verticals.

SAT_EXPLORER is a free software for satellite users. It provides very quickly and continuously visibility forcasts as a waiting delay ( satellite will be here IN ...)and a visibility duration (satellite will be visible FOR ...). Ten (and even more) satellites can be monitored simultaneously.

What type of antenna should I get? Well, the best type of antenna for working the OSCAR satellites are circular polarized antennas

The DSP Satellite Transceiver is a conceptual transceiver designed as a dedicated unit for amateur satellite operators. The initial concept was brought about by the lack of satellite functionality on modern amateur radio transceivers, and the specialized requirements of the ham radio operator who utilizes OSCAR amateur satellites.

PocketPC freeware that track satellites, and display their position on a map of the world. It also has a display that shows other relevant information useful to Ham Radio operators to allow them to work them.

Ground tracks are the trace of the satellite's path over the ground. Amsat, ISS, geosynchronous satellites, navigation satellites, weather satellites, Iridium satellites, visible Satellites. Requires Java

The Arrow Antenna is a design classic: it combines light weight, compact design and functionality in a single package for operating FM dual band satellites such as AO-27, UO-14, SO-41 and SO-50

This software predicts future passes for amateur radio satellites for a specified location and period of time. It runs on the Android operating system

APTDecoder is a free software for recording and decoding signals transmitted by NOAA POES APT enabled weather satellites. It is run on a NT-based version of Window

Satellite Finder is a way to accurately point satellite dishes at communications satellites in geostationary orbit.

Allow 137 Mhz range by Steve Warley

The program calculates the actual position of the satellites using the NORAD 2LINE-element set, which is available via the Internet, for nearly all satellites. The position is then displayed in 3D-view as well as in 2D (mercator) view, where the footprints are also be shown.

Presented here is a high-performance, circularly polarized omni-directional antenna that is easy to build, easy to tune, inexpensive, and will work all the mode J Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites

Simple, inexpensive and lots of fun! Here is an easy to make home brew antenna that can get you on the air working satellites or be built for use as a portable hand held antenna to extend the range of your HT.

Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) is used by Satellites to enable a fully automated unattended reception of the transmitted pictures.

Live realtime satellite tracking system show current status of amateur radio satellites, ISS tracking is also provided by showing ISS Visible Passes based on your own location. This web site show the International space station live position and can be used as an iss tracker app to determine future satellite and ISS transit over your location.

If you are interested in the environment, the weather and other natural phenomena then there is something magical about being able to see pictures of the earth from space just as it is right this minute. One way you can do this is by receiving images from weather satellites.

Differential Global Positioning Service (DGPS) is a land-based augmentation system that receives and processes signals from orbiting GPS satellites, calculates corrections from known positions and broadcasts these corrections via a Medium Frequency (MF) Transmitter to DGPS users in the Broadcast Site's coverage area.

A comprehensive guide to receive Weather Satellites signals in wefax mode

This program has been designed for packet communication with ISS (International Space Station), PCSat or 'compatible' satellites with ease... Ideal for any UI packet communication.

Cheap Antennas for the AMSAT LEO Kent Britain WA5VJB

Satellite Antennas for LOE Satellites

allows a Macintosh computer to communicate via packet radio with the amateur packet satellites currently in operation using the 'PACSAT' protocols

The bass amateur radio IRLP group node 6391. victoria australia. info IRLP stands for the Internet Radio Linking Project. The aim of this project is to link radio systems separated by long distance without the use of expensive leased lines, satellites, or controllers.

Decoding NOAA APT weather satellite images is achieved with a homebrew receiver and a Turnstile Cross Dipole antenna, feeding data to a Pentium-3 500MHz PC running Windows XP and the WXTOIMG program. This setup, operated by VU2IIA in Mumbai, India, focuses on capturing and processing signals from NOAA satellites to generate visual weather data. The blog documents the technical aspects of constructing the receiving station, including antenna design and receiver integration. It provides insights into the practical challenges and successes of amateur satellite reception, specifically for Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) signals. Operational details cover the software configuration and image processing workflow necessary to transform raw satellite data into usable weather imagery. The content serves as a practical guide for radio amateurs interested in satellite meteorology.

Satellites and Oscar 40, Microwave and ATV

Learn how to start using ham radio satellites for your DX contacts, PDF presentation by Dave Long

If you can program split-frequency memories in your dual-band radio, or your dual-band radio has two VFOs, you can work an FM satellite

How to receive images from orbiting noaa weather satellites using simple receiving equipment and a computer by G4ILO

How to build a QFH (Quadrifilar Helix Antenna) to download images from weather satellites. A complete tutorial on assembling QFH antenna at home with simple and common tools

Ham satellites, 50 MHz, my hobbies, links.

NU-Tech is a powerful DSP platform to validate and real-time debug complex algorithms, simply relying on a common PC. Thanks to an easy plug-in architecture, the developer can write his own NUTSs (NU-Tech Satellites) in C++ and immediately plug them into the graphical interface design environment.

Six meters (6m) operation and satellites and two meters band

The SPACEWARN bulletin is intended to serve as an international communication mechanism for the rapid distribution of information on satellites and space probes.

Soundmodem is a free software defined dual-port Packet-Radio TNC that implement a soundcard as a modem and supports AX.25 protocol. Soundmodem has been tested on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 and has proved stable in operation. The Soundmodem may be used to build EMCOMM, APRS, BBS, Node station, for satellites

Complete guide to receive weather satelite images with a RTL SDR dongle and free software

NOAA HRPT - High Rate Picture Transmission, the main source of high quality data from polar orbiting meteorological satellites

Ham radio satellites, XE1KK/B beacon on 50.023 MHz, and some other radio experiments.

A 7 dB directional gain is reported for this portable VHF Yagi antenna design, which utilizes cut metal tape measure sections for its elements. The resource details the construction process for a 2-meter band antenna, emphasizing its ease of build and portability. It specifically mentions the design's suitability for radio direction finding (RDF), fox hunting, and communication with satellites and the International Space Station (ISS), highlighting its practical applications for amateur radio operators. The construction cost is estimated at under $20, with potential for even lower expense if salvaged materials like old tape measures and PVC pipes are used. The article references _Joe Leggio's_ (WB2HOL) original design, noting specific alterations made by the author. It also compares this design to other DIY Yagi antennas, including _FN64's_ 2-meter band and _manuka's_ 70-cm band tape measure Yagis, underscoring its unique combination of simplicity, portability, and effective performance with a 1:1 SWR achievable on the 2-meter band.

How to program Baofeng handheld transceiver with satellite frequencies, and how to get alerts when satellites are visible by using a smartphone app. A beginners guide to work satellites with a common VHF handheld radio.