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#510 UTAA Ground Station

Ameteur Radio Astronomy and Satellite Ground Station belonging to University of Turkish Aeronautical Association Astronomy Community (ASTHKU). Construction started in 2019.

Station Computer

A Debian 9.11 Stretch laptop used. Installation steps are available here.

Antennas

UHF-VHF arrow antenna for 145.850 MHz (6.46 dBd gain) and 436.800 MHz (10.5 dBd gain).
Yagi H-line radio astronomy antenna for 1.42 GHz (18 dB gain).
A new S-band antenna will be added in the future.

Mobile Antennas

Tape measure VHF antenna for 145 MHz (7.3 dBd gain). Perfect with ISS and NOAA.
Turnstile antenna for 137 MHz.

Controller & SDR

Rotator Controller: Quartapound's CNC shield based rotator controller used with an Arduino Uno.
SDR & LNA: RTL-SDR v3 and LNA4ALL.

Useful Programs & Observations

Software: SDR# (Win), Gqrx (Lin), Gpredict, Orbitron.
Observation Examples (Received by station): NOAA-18 wav & picture, ISS-Nick Hague.
Contact: asthku community via e-mail or Instagram.

#1616 - TA2NMU Observatory

Satellite Ground Station equipped with RA-Sat Antennas.

Station Computer

A Raspberry Pi 3B+ is used.

Antennas

QHF antenna (UHF) for 433.00 MHz.
Yagi antenna (VHF) for 145.80 MHz.
Yagi antenna (UHF) for 437.00 MHz.
Please send me an e-mail to change the current antenna on the station.

Available Sky

Living in an apartment, the visible sky coverage is restricted.
Red areas on the map indicate zones not visible from the balcony.

SDR & LNA

RTL-SDR v3
RTL-SDR Wideband LNA (Bias Tee Powered). Unfortunately, it is currently broken; hoping to repair it soon.

#3161 - TA2NMU Observatory #3

Satellite Ground Station equipped with RA-Sat Antennas.

Station Computer

A Raspberry Pi 3B+ is used.

Antennas

QHF antenna (UHF) for 433.00 MHz.

Available Sky

I have a clear West and South sky. North and East side of low elevation passes are obstructed. The antenna is located inside a building for now.

SDR

Nooelec NESDR SMArTee v2