The SSC groundstation is used for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research projects using the equipment, computers and soldering stations. We offer any amateur satellite support where possible! Our current equipment includes:
- LNA – 430-440 MHz SP-7000 LNA preamp and 140 MHz SP-2000 LNA
- HPA – Discovery-2 VHF 400-1500 W valve amplifier and Gemini-70 UHF 300 W solid-state amplifier
- Rotator – Yaesu G-5500 controller
- Radios – ICOM 910H
- Terminal node controllers – Paccomm Spirit-2, Symek TNC2H & Kantronics 9612+
- Software defined radio tools – Ettus USRP B210, Fun cube dongle (FCD), DVB dongles
- Desktop computers – Windows (Orbitron, SDR#) and Linux (gnuradio, custom interfacing and data processing programs)
Contact name
Dr Chris Bridges
Contact email address
c.p.bridges@surrey.ac.uk
Institution
Surrey Space Centre