Ground station equipment
| Level | What it receives | Equipment |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | CW beacon | A UHF receiver (handheld, mobile or SSB) with a handheld Yagi or an omnidirectional antenna (turnstile or eggbeater) |
| Digital | Telemetry, QSL image and data | A low-cost SDR (RTL-SDR, Airspy) or a UHF radio with a 9600-baud data mode, a Yagi or omnidirectional antenna and, optionally, a preamplifier (LNA) at the antenna |
| MRZN open station | Telemetry, QSL image and data | A Raspberry Pi Pico with an RF4463PRO module, the same hardware the team uses. Design, firmware and software on GitHub |
Software: a pass-tracking program with Doppler correction (for example Gpredict) and the MRZN open-source decoders.