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System Requirements

Hardware

  • Computer: 64-bit PC. 3-GHz Quad-core CPU is recommended;

  • Video Card: OpenGL 3.3 or higher, 512 Mb of texture memory;

  • Monitor: screen resolution 1900x1280 or higher, 4K recommended;

  • Internet: required, to download satellite data;

  • SDR: optional, but highly recommended. Currently plugins are available for:

    • Airspy;
    • AirspyHF+;
    • SDRplay;
    • RTL-SDR;
    • HackRF;
    • PlutoSDR;

  • Transceiver: optional. Currently the command definition files are available for:

    • FT-817;
    • FT-818;
    • FT-847;
    • FT-991a;
    • IC-705;
    • IC-706MKIIG;
    • IC-915;
    • IC-910H;
    • IC-9700;
    • TS-2000;

    Many other radios are supported via HamLib;

  • Antenna rotator - optional, any rotator supported by HamLib.

Software

  • OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit only;
  • SkyCAT: optional, for CAT control;
  • HamLib: optional, for CAT and rotator control.