Cal Poly's New Ground Station is moving along!
Cal Poly’s third ground station Friis is coming together after significant work by the PolySat lab.
Friis will be able to track LEO satellites and operates at 437MHz and will be capable of achieving significantly higher data rates than Cal Poly’s other two ground stations Marconi and Hertz. The radio transceiver and the the controller processor are identical to the ones on IPEX and ExoCube, the difference is the amplifier on the transmit size will be able to do about 400 watts out through four phased yagi antennas.