Building A Simple and Inexpensive Satellite Ground Station – Part 1, story and photos by Bob and Jann Koepke.  When we think of ground stations for satellites, large antenna arrays and dishes immediately come to mind, along with a lot of expensive electronics. But you can receive transmissions from many satellites using very inexpensive equipment …

Building A Simple and Inexpensive CubeSat Satellite Ground Station – Part 2, story and photos by Bob and Jann Koepke.  In part 2 (the final part), they describe the software, the QFH (Quadrafilar Helix antenna) they built, and how to put everything together.