Tasty » Adam Sampson's satellite bookmarks

The Legacy of Transit edit / delete

How satellite navigation was invented, based on a few scientists tracking Sputnik.

to history radio retrotech satellite space ... on 16 October 2009

Interesting Devices Ltd edit / delete

Sellers of extremely cheap PIC/AVR-based smartcards for satellite TV hacking purposes, programmers, and various other bits -- but I wonder if there are other uses for them... It might be cute to have a smartcard running the Transterpreter.

to avr electronics microcontroller pic reverse-engineering satellite shopping ... on 04 August 2009

parabole en acier galvanise 90 cm wavefrontier toroidal - parabole multi-satellite - Transplanet Satellite edit / delete

Cheap supplier for the Wavefrontier torodial satellite dishes. Unfortunately 90cm's probably a bit big for use around here... maybe when I own a house!

to satellite shopping ... on 27 October 2007

satellite edit / delete

Some V4L software for driving DVB-S cards.

to satellite software tv ... on 10 September 2007

UKSatelliteHelp.co.uk » Satellite Dish Alignment Calculator 2.0 edit / delete

Google Maps-based satellite alignment tool -- pretty neat.

to maps satellite tv ... on 01 September 2007

Satscan: The Satellite Transponder Scanner edit / delete

A pretty neat site along the lines of Lyngsat, but updated in real time, with photos of how the setup works. The 4-LNB dish is pretty neat!

to dvb satellite tv ... on 25 November 2006

The 1945 Proposal by Arthur C. Clarke for Geostationary Satellite Communications edit / delete

In Wireless World.

to clarke history retrotech satellite ... on 28 July 2006

AnalogueSat edit / delete

Looking back into a satellite dish.

to retrotech satellite tv ... on 23 June 2006

LyngSat - Lyngemark Satellite edit / delete

Handy reference to which satellites are visible from the UK, and which channels are available.

to radio satellite tv ... on 23 June 2006

The C.L.I.V.E. Project edit / delete

Point a laser at Iridium flashes automatically.

to astronomy electronics embedded satellite ... on 14 May 2006