Absolutely sweet!
What a delight to see a rasp-pi enthusiast mix satellite detection with antenna design and junk box hacking!
Long ago, this was the ham radio mindset... still is, for some.
What a delight to see a rasp-pi enthusiast mix satellite detection with antenna design and junk box hacking!
Long ago, this was the ham radio mindset... still is, for some.
It doesn‘t seem like pointing a handheld radio at the sky could possibly be enough to talk to astronauts, yet it seems to work!
There's no horizon if you're talking to someone straight up.
If you've already seen the film, you should check out "Aningaaq" [1].
It was kind of cool for such a "simple" thing. Not sure how many others can say they've had a conversation with someone traveling 17k+ mph.
I've also tried putting together the right hardware + software but found it a little overwhelming for my lack of expertise.
I don't really know why an RPi was used in this example as opposed to a cheap used laptop that already has screen, battery and decent USB.