DIY Comms and Control for Amateur Space - Talking and Listening to Your Satellite

Radio spectrum for commanding and recording from our satellites is a shared resource with subtle hurdles. We walk the path originally paved by AMSATs to discuss the steps and licensing needed to set up and operate both a command uplink and a data download station and network. Find out how playing nicely with others maximizes your ability to get your data down.

About the author

Alexander "Sandy" Antunes (born 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Maryland-area astronomer, author, and role playing game designer. He graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a dual major in astronomy and physics, received a Masters in astronomy from Penn State in 1992, and received his PhD in computational astrophysics from George Mason University in 2005. He was the Maryland Science Center "Science Person of the Month" for May 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Sandy Antunes, Antunes Sandy
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2025
• EAN: 9781449310660
• ISBN: 978-1-4493-1066-0
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 218 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 210 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Satelliten-Kommunikation, Satellitentechnik, SCIENCE / Space Science / General