Hello, I just joined. I’m curious about DIY mounting alignment kits/projects that can be used to align a dish remotely?
I don’t know what category to post my question under
Hey all,
I’m jerry, from Shanghai, I like amateur satellite radio, and SatNOGS is a very good program to help me to do a good job of receiving satellite telemetry data. Thanks!
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Hello,
Welcome Jerry 
Hi there!
My name is Jack, and I live in Washington.
I have been a ham radio operator for years and am starting to get into satellites. I have had good luck receiving ISS SSTV and am looking to expand into other satellites, both receiving and transmitting eventually. I have a new 3d printer which I hope to use to help me build some more antennas and maybe even a rotator — we’ll see!
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Welcome Jack
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i am Kitty Tang, i am a space lover. from soilid CS background, and did some hardware like arduino etc. hope to join you guys soon. cheers
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Hello
Welcome to the community.
Hi everyone,
My name is Stefano.
I’m a Space System Engineer, with 15 years of experience in the satellite business.
My experience is mostly in ADCS, PROP and Flight Dynamics with quite some experience in satellite integration.
I worked for satellite companies and deployed more than 20 satellites.
In my freetime I do Astrophotography, but recently I wanted to get into Sat Telecom (where my experience lack a bit actually) and this seems the perfect place to start!
I bought a simple RTL-SDR from aliexress and starting having fun!
But I need a bit of guidance 
I would actually like to put this setup in the SatNoGS. But I’m still figuring out how to do it! 
I’ll probably post soon in the right section
Cheers
ps. that is my first attempt with NOAA19 image
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Welcome and enjoy the journey.
Go to the SatNOGS wiki build site to find information.
And when in doubt, reach out to use via this community system or the Matrix channel.
Jan | PE0SAT
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Hey! I am Bhavesh, from New Delhi, India. Really excited to begin contributing to this project. A cybersecurity researcher by profession, space tech enthusiast since childhood.
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Hi @modernsage!
Welcome to the community! You are more than welcome to participate in conversations and share your ideas.
If you wish, you can also join the Libre Space Foundation Element/Matrix channels. More specifically, I would suggest that you join the main Libre Space Foundation Channel (https://app.element.io/#/room/#librespace:matrix.org) and the SatNOGS channel (https://app.element.io/#/room/#satnogs:matrix.org).
You are welcome to join and introduce yourself there as well.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out,
Thank you so much for joining,
Welcome on board!
Nikoletta
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Hi all,
I am Vijay from India. I love this project and I am working in data science and a little bit of AI as well. I am a space fan and a novice star gazer. I would love the opportunity to contribute to this project and learn from it.
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Hello Vijay , welcome
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Thanks! Really appreciate it.
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Hello, I’m Hector C. Renovato, part of the www.Space-NL.com initiative. We are building an open-source citizen rocket and need help and advisors to enhance its development. I look forward to learning a lot from the Libre Space Foundation ecosystem.
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Hi everyone!
My name is Victor Bernardes. I’m a software developer with experience in Java, C++, and Arduino-based automation. I also have a technical background in maintenance, integration, and control systems.
Recently, I’ve been focusing on game development using Unreal Engine, especially for simulation and immersive experiences. I’ve always been passionate about space exploration, both from a technical and educational perspective, which is why I’m really inspired by the mission of the Libre Space Foundation.
- Backend development (Java, Python)
- Arduino/Raspberry Pi projects
- 3D visualization of space data (C++ or Unreal)
- Writing technical documentation or tutorials
I’m looking for suggestions on where to start and would be happy to help with beginner-friendly issues or tasks that need support.
Thank you all for the amazing work you’re doing. It’s truly inspiring to see open collaboration in space technology.
— Victor Bernardes
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Welcome to the Community @victorbernardes!
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Hello Victor and welcome to the community!
LFS right now has numerous projects at our gitlab repo so i understand that finding something interesting and easy to start getting experience on the projects can be a daunting task.
Backend development
- SatNOGS Network [1], [2]
Network manages the Ground Stations of SatNOGS and is responsible to schedule observations and save observation artifacts. - SatNOGS DB [1], [2]
DB stores the satellites and their transmitters along with decoded frames that were observed.
Both projects are pretty large so i want be easy to start working on something, but some issues have an easy fix tag so you could start with them if you find anything interesting. You can also create new issues to propose enhancements or report bugs if you find any new. Keep in mind that code review and/or replying to an issue might take a long time as engineers have a lot to do in a day to day basis so don’t be discouraged.
Arduino/Rapsberry Pi
I don’t have in mind something specific for Raspberry pi (that does not mean that it does not exists), but SatNOGS client runs on a raspberry pi for many GSs.
For Arduino the SatNOGS Rotator exists but it has no active maintainers afaik right now so i don’t know if you can contribute to that, but you can for sure play with it and have fun probably.
Visualization
We have [Grafana Dashboards] (https://dashboard.satnogs.org/) that we visualize telemetry data but i feel that is not in your interests.
Documentation
You can help with the wiki or the projects documentation
Cheers
Nestoras
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Greetings! I’m Vick, a hobbyist in Ohio and software engineer with knowledge in JS, C#, and Python. My dad was a satellite communications engineer for the U.S. Navy for 35 years and another 10 in private sector so I grew up being pretty heavily exposed to the field and always thought his work was facinating.
Right now im just looking to explore, and learn how to make observations, but i would eventually like to build my own ground station and get an amateur radio licence.
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Hey @vickm12! Welcome to the LSF community forum!
Feel free to join the ongoing discussions about open-source, space and satellite missions.
Do reach out if you have any questions,
Once again, welcome onboard,
Best,
Nikoletta
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