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Receive-only FTA

RX ops

Software v1.35.0 ships rx doctor, status, printable station board, and kit. Orchestrate SatDump weather products and Pass Autopilot without claiming commercial broadband. Never commercial constellation decrypt.

Honest rails

Receive-only free-to-air weather and open amateur telemetry. Product import works without a dongle for lab demos. Live capture needs SatDump (+ optional RTL-SDR). Not free Starlink.

Operator commands

# Readiness (lab path without SDR)
python -m skycache rx doctor

# Station + duty snapshot
python -m skycache rx status

# Printable board
python -m skycache rx export --out data/ops/rx-station-board.html

# USB / wall kit
python -m skycache rx kit --out data/rx-kit

# Set station then watch SatDump products
python -m skycache rx station --lat 40.7 --lon -74.0
python -m skycache rx watch --dir data/satdump-products --once

Station workflow

  1. rx doctor until go_rx_lab (product import always ready)
  2. Install SatDump for go_rx_live decode path
  3. Set station lat/lon for pass prediction
  4. Optional RTL-SDR for live capture (not required for product import demos)
  5. Print board; keep commercial decrypt out of scope