I recently got a new Adalm Pluto (PlutoSDR) which I wanted to setup for DATV transmissions on the Oscar 100 Satellite. Its the new revision C/D (It says revision C on the Box, but shows revision D on the circuit board). Its been a while since I’ve setup my previous one which was an older…
Satellite Ground Station V1 – Part 2
In my previous post regarding my satellite ground station I chatted about the basic hardware and setup that I decided to go with. In this post I figured I would expand a bit more on the software side of what I hacked together. The concept is fairly simple. I have two rotators that need to…
Oscar 100 Wideband Spectrum Clock
I needed a clock for the shack and it seemed fitting to put something fun together. Since I’ve been busy playing with DATV on the Oscar 100 Satellite, I figured a clock that would also show the wideband spectrum activity would fit nicely. The spectrum data for the clock comes from the BATC Wideband Spectrum…
Networked DATV Receiver Experiments
I have been having some fun playing with DATV on Oscar 100 lately. As DATV isn’t really a thing in South Africa the satellite has given me the opportunity to get a bit more involved in the DATV scene. If you are interested in DATV then the BATC should definitely be your first stop on…
Satellite Ground Station V1 – Part 1
During one of our many lockdowns (because of COVID), I decided that I wanted to put up a semi-decent Satellite Ground station at my QTH. I’ve been playing with satellites for a while mostly using a handheld Yagi running around in the backyard all hours of the day and night. It was a bit of…
ISS SSTV Event – 11 – 13 April
The past couple of days there was another ISS SSTV event by ARISS. I enjoyed this series a lot even though we didn’t have the greatest of passes over South Africa this time around. We also had no transmissions on one of the high elevation passes. I still had fun though and managed to decode…
Welcome
Hi There, My name is Tom (ZR6TG) and welcome to my Satellite Adventures site. This site will mostly contain posts about my adventure in radio amateur satellites. I’m currently setup for Oscar 100 (both narrowband and wideband) and have recently built a LEO tracking station. The aim of this site is to document my adventures…