Lesson 2: Amateur Radio Satellites
Monitor amateur radio satellites including ISS, CubeSats, and OSCAR satellites.
Objectives
- Monitor ISS amateur radio operations
- Track CubeSat communications
- Receive OSCAR satellite signals
- Decode amateur satellite protocols
ISS Monitoring
# ISS amateur radio frequencies Voice: 145.800 MHz (FM) APRS: 145.825 MHz (1200 baud AFSK) SSTV: 145.800 MHz (FM) # Receive ISS signals gqrx -f 145.800M -s 96000 # Decode APRS direwolf -r 96000 -t 0 -q h -q d -q t
CubeSat Monitoring
# Common CubeSat frequencies 437.250 MHz - 437.500 MHz (UHF) 145.800 MHz - 145.950 MHz (VHF) # Monitor CubeSat beacons gqrx -f 437.350M -s 96000 # Decode telemetry satnogs-client --config config.json