Buying in bulk, one could probably get the price down to $200 and still keep a profit, but the volume would be so low that it's probably not worth the time and effort.
I've thought about doing this, ran some math, and that's the conclusion I came to.
I suspect so, but it's pretty heavy machinery and really made for a big mast. I've shied away from it so far because it's a big investment, and it's a bit unclear how precise it is, how exactly to connnect it to a computer and so on.
My gut feel is that SatNOGS would be easier end-to-end (and probably easier to repair and upgrade if necessary).
SatNogs is fantastic for satellites operating in the amateur band. A global coordinated ground station network and community with loads of expertise. They have on at least a couple occasions (including a cubesat mission I was involved in) found satellites (ie tracked and identified from beacons) after deployment before the satellite operator. Hoping to add a station to the network sometime in the next 12 months. The grafana dashboard they set up is super cool also.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 23.0 ms ] threadI really wish someone would sell a kit or preassembled tracker for us lazy people.
What'd be more ideal is if someone ran a kitting business for the open source satnogs rotator. https://wiki.satnogs.org/SatNOGS_Rotator_v3
Buying in bulk, one could probably get the price down to $200 and still keep a profit, but the volume would be so low that it's probably not worth the time and effort.
I've thought about doing this, ran some math, and that's the conclusion I came to.
My gut feel is that SatNOGS would be easier end-to-end (and probably easier to repair and upgrade if necessary).
But yes, I should consider the Yaesu.
https://archive.vn/v91aW
This is more recent.
Also check out https://network.satnogs.org https://db.satnogs.org and https://dashboard.satnogs.org
Here's a handy link for that: https://dashboard.satnogs.org