This weekend, we had the final #DataBootCamp for NASA Space Apps Challenge Stuttgart 2016 in shackspace. shackspace is Stuttgart's hackerspace and we meet there to build the DGSN.

So we didn't had much timeto work on DGSN because we also helped the Space Apps teams realizing their project ideas. That is why we like the hackerspace, meeting other space enthusiasts like us and getting involved.

So the #DataBootCamp was fun and we are eagerly looking forward for the Space Apps Chalenge hackathon next Weekend (23/24 April). Feel kindly invited to join when you will be around. Everybody can hack space!

But we also found time to test the cuttentground station hardware with the ISS beacon signal and the NOAA weather "fax". What you see below is the NOAA signal displayed by SDR# and below, the FFT we did to find it ourself in our python software. So they look similar. That was good news. It is essential to get the recorded IQ-Signal processed by our software. This is the first step in our DGSN system, Recording the RF-Signal. The next one is time correlation of the RF-signal.

What you can also see is the tricky part, the Doppler-Shift. The Waterfall diagram looks like the lines are moving leftwards, because they do due to the relative velocity of the sat to our station. We are currently programming the compensation for it.

You see, we are constantly baby-stepping forward.... stay tuned!