Re: It only takes a Dongle + Antenna to hear NanoSail-D2
OK Henk, you sold me the idea.
I see there is a pass at 1650 and 1850 ish this evening in Europe. I'll give it a try and perhaps get that rare QSL from NASA.
73
David G0MRF
In a message dated 21/01/2011 07:35:41 GMT Standard Time, pa3guo@upcmail.nl writes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1vZfm500hE
As can be seen in this HD Video it only takes a FUNcubeDongle plus a 12 elements beam to hear & decode Nanosail-D2 !
Adding the control software of Mike & Mike, plus WRplus and MixW you have a ground station that can support small satellite missions.
-- Henk, PA3GUO http://www.pa3guo.com
The QSL pops up online when you enter the data on the Nanosail dashboard. Mine was just a generic with no call or data on it.
Joe KI4TZ
G0MRF@aol.com wrote:
OK Henk, you sold me the idea.
I see there is a pass at 1650 and 1850 ish this evening in Europe. I'll give it a try and perhaps get that rare QSL from NASA.
73
David G0MRF
In a message dated 21/01/2011 07:35:41 GMT Standard Time, pa3guo@upcmail.nl writes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1vZfm500hE
As can be seen in this HD Video it only takes a FUNcubeDongle plus a 12 elements beam to hear & decode Nanosail-D2 !
Adding the control software of Mike & Mike, plus WRplus and MixW you have a ground station that can support small satellite missions.
-- Henk, PA3GUO http://www.pa3guo.com
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