SkyRoof: New Ham Satellite Tracking and SDR Receiver Software
Recently VE3NEA has released a new Windows program called "SkyRoof". SkyRoof is both a satellite tracking and SDR receiver program. It supports the RTL-SDR as well as Airspy and SDRplay devices.
The software is designed for tracking and receiving ham radio satellites, and it can provide detailed information about all ham satellites, tracking them in real time, and provide pass prediction. It also shows a skymap and SDR waterfall display. The receiver software supports demodulation of SSB/CW/FM, and it automatically compensates for doppler. It can also interface with antenna rotators that support hamlib.
Over on YouTube Johnson's Techworld has also recently uploaded a video showing him testing out Skyroof, which may be of interest to some.
Im getting this error now. After running for a couple days
Tried it with the V4 dongle, SDR fails.
Go to the program directory.
c:\Program Files\Afreet\SkyRoof\lib\SoapySDR\modules0.8\
rename the rtlsdr.dll to rtlsdr.old
copy the 64bit version of the V4 rtlsdr.dll from the RTL-SDR-BLOG Windows Release to these directory
start the program and it should work.
These works for me, good luck!
A most welcome SDR application in dotnet.
waterfall not working
Why do i need enter a callsign before it starts.
I am not a hamradio operator ,so i dont have a callsign
In the title of this article, it clearly states that it is for tracking ham radio satellites.
A ham radio license and call sign is not required for reception of radio signals in the US.
Yes, but you can track and listen without having a callsign.
https://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php
I will clarify , if i dont enter a call sign and a grid square the program wont start.
Just enter “N0CALL”. It should pass any validation the software has.
It’s OpenSource. So if you know how just remove the requirement and recompile.
You can probably fake a callsign, but grid square makes sense for predictions of sat visability.
Thanks for all the suggestions , got it working with a false callsign.