Scientific and Technical Amateur Radio

57 points by gballan60 days ago

3 comments

plugger60 days ago
I look forward to Escapade Blue and Gold returning, I plan to have a look at them with my X band setup. I'm running a 1.2m offset, which is significantly larger than the 60cm Daniel was using here.
- drmpeg60 days ago
  I believe he's using a 6m antenna at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA).
  - plugger60 days ago
    Oh dear, you're correct. the 60cm antennas are on the sats themselves. Still, I might be able to get enough signal to see carrier, and maybe more given they'll be coming at us instead of going away next time around.
gballan60 days ago
A bunch of interesting looking ipython notebooks here too: <a href="https://github.com/daniestevez/jupyter_notebooks" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/daniestevez/jupyter_notebooks</a>
z3phyr60 days ago
How does one get readings from large antennas? Are the streams public?
- plugger60 days ago
  I don't think most of this data is published, but you might be able to get access to AMSAT-DL data from their 20m dish in Bochum. <a href="https://amsat-dl.org/en/20-meter-antenna/" rel="nofollow">https://amsat-dl.org/en/20-meter-antenna/</a>