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KEPS

Satellite station software for amateur radio

Tracks the birds, turns the antennas and tunes your IC-9700, Doppler and all, on a live world map - with an SDR, SatNOGS, FT4, SSTV, APRS and a logbook with QRZ and LoTW.

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VOICE AUTO-TUNE

Talk, and you're on frequency

On a linear bird, just start talking. KEPS lines up MAIN, your uplink, with SUB, your downlink, from your own voice, then keeps them together through the whole pass, Doppler and all.

No whistling into the mic, no hunting for yourself
Stays with you as the bird crosses the sky
One press of TUNE when you'd rather not talk
On the PC and on Android

SUB435.640.00USB MAIN145.965.00LSB USBLAN

RS-44 downlink, 435.600 - 435.680 MHzClick a signal to tune it

THE IC-9700, OVER USB OR YOUR NETWORK

See the passband, click to tune

Plug the 9700 into the PC's USB, or reach it over your network from the PC or the tablet. Its spectrum and waterfall come up live in KEPS: see who's on the bird, click a signal, and you're tuned to it.

USB or the 9700's network port, a setting away
Click a station: the downlink and the uplink move together
Doppler taken care of while you work them
Listen to the 9700 right on the PC or tablet

Two ways to run it

The same KEPS on the shack PC or on a tablet, built from the same code.

KEPS for PC

The whole station, on Linux or Windows.

Tracking, the live map and its layers
The IC-9700's Doppler, over USB or the network
Voice auto-tune: MAIN lined up with SUB as you talk
Green Heron RT-21, PstRotator or a CSN S.A.T.
An RTL-SDR receiver, with bookmarks and scan
Meteor-M weather pictures
Your own SatNOGS ground station
FT4, SSTV, APRS and telemetry
The logbook, QRZ and LoTW uploads

KEPS for Android

The station in your hand: a tablet runs it, no PC needed.

Tracking, the live map, layers and the sky view
The IC-9700's Doppler, over USB or Wi-Fi
Voice auto-tune: MAIN lined up with SUB as you talk
A CSN S.A.T. or PstRotator for the antennas
Point the antennas anywhere on a map
Hear the 9700 on the tablet, with its waterfall
FT4 with big answer buttons, SSTV and APRS
The logbook, with QRZ
Free to try, from Google Play

Feature	PC	Android
Passes, the live map, layers, alarms	✓	✓
IC-9700 Doppler, USB or network	✓	✓
Voice auto-tune: MAIN lined up with SUB as you talk	✓	✓
Rotators	RT-21, PstRotator, S.A.T.	PstRotator, S.A.T.
Point the antennas on a map	✓	✓
The downlink's waterfall, and listening in	✓	✓
FT4	✓	✓
SSTV pictures	✓	✓
APRS from the ISS	✓	✓
RTL-SDR receiver, scan and recording	✓	—
Meteor-M weather pictures	✓	—
SatNOGS ground station	✓	—
Telemetry beacons decoded	✓	—
Logbook and QRZ	✓	✓
LoTW	upload & check	check

What it does

One program for the whole satellite station.

Tracking & the map

Passes for every amateur satellite
A live world map with day and night
Layers: sky, ham radio, weather, earth, traffic
AOS alarms, and passes you can skip
Built-in frequencies for the amateur birds

The IC-9700

Doppler on linear and FM birds
Tap a signal on the passband to work it
Voice auto-tune: MAIN lined up with SUB as you talk
RF power, and SO-50's arming tone
Parked between passes

Antennas

Green Heron RT-21, PstRotator, CSN S.A.T.
Flips over a pass that crosses the stop
Point anywhere on a map, with an S-meter
Parked after a pass
Passes off when you just want to listen

The SDR (PC)

An RTL-SDR as a second receiver
Spectrum, waterfall and every mode
Bookmarks and scan
Recording, and SYNC with the 9700
Meteor-M pictures decoded as they come

Digital modes

FT4 built in, worked like WSJT-X
Auto power, so you come back at 0 dB
SSTV pictures from the ISS and the cubesats
APRS through the ISS
Telemetry beacons decoded (PC)

Log & SatNOGS

An ADIF logbook, contacts on the map
QRZ lookups and logbook
LoTW
Your own SatNOGS ground station (PC)
Worked this pass, worked before, at a glance