Custom Cyberdeck For (Legal) Satellite Hacking

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After doing a number of satellite and radio astronomy experiments, I finally got tired of my old briefcase full of tangled radio gear. I dug through my collection of broken computers, old wires, spare parts, and other junk, and assembled an all-in-one space cyberdeck!
This system combines most of my satellite and software-defined-radio gear into one portable platform. The hardware includes:
- Touchscreen computer
- RTL-SDR radio
- Various filter / amp modules
- Various WiFi modules
- Satellite Meter / digital video player
- PTZ control for my older dish pointers
- LNB power injector
- King-Dome / Vuqube control
- Panel-mount port interfaces
Software includes:
- Q4OS (simple, low-resource Linux)
- GQRX (standard SDR software)
- Gpredict for satellite tracking
- GOEStools, WXtoIMG, etc for weather satellites
The system is fairly modular and expandable, with most major components simply stuck in with velcro tape. If I want to swap modules for a different experiment, I can just pop them out and replace with something else.
Some of the parts I used include:
- Datalux Tracer computer (found for $1.00 at a police auction).
- RTL-SDR Blog v3 (www.amazon.com/RTL-SDR-Blog-R...)
- Wideband LNA (www.amazon.com/RTL-SDR-Blog-W...)
- Talentcell 12v 6Ah battery pack (www.amazon.com/dp/B00ME3ZH7C)
- Snpurdiri 60% keyboard (www.amazon.com/dp/B097T276QL)
- AC600 Wifi adapter (www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z31W68W)
- GTMedia v8 Satellite Meter (www.amazon.com/GT-MEDIA-Satel...)
- Old Dell PCMCIA wifi card
- Old Broadcom Mini-PCI wifi card
- King-Dome remote
(None of these were sponsored products and I bought all of this myself)
I'm planning to do a variety of projects and experiments with this system and my various 2nd-hand satellite antennas in the future. Stay tuned to see what I come up with!
*Please note that my use of the term "hacking" refers to using hardware and software for unintended or experimental purposes, not anything unauthorized! I am not breaking, pirating, or transmitting anything. I'm simply poking around at old satellite hardware to see what can be freely and legally done with it!
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@MrM-mt4bv Год назад

This guy is 100% on a watch list

@mattiskardell Год назад

just like all of us

@cadmiral3d146 Год назад

Now so are we.

@pranavranganath7192 11 месяцев назад

welcome to the watchlist boss

@jukeboxfandango 11 месяцев назад

The beard alone got him on a watch list

@AGTheOSHAViolationsCounter 11 месяцев назад

Just one? Pfft being on one watchlist is like being in kindergarten. Try being on DOZENS of seperate agency ODND(Observe, Do Not Detain) lists throughout the Western World then get back to me, да? Lol (Hi 👁👁👁👁👁's! How's it going guys? 😅)

@provenancemachining Год назад

This is probably the most bootleg shit, cobbled together, hacked up cyberdeck I've ever seen and I absolutely love it. I'd love to see more on satellite & radio astronomy for beginners.

@jesseraymond423 11 месяцев назад

After all.... It's what Russia thinks they have such a EDGE on us western NATO blokes with... Same shit lol

@chriscastro9402 11 месяцев назад

Lmaoo who let him cook 💀💀💀💀

@bluepinetxmedia-josepescad7649 11 месяцев назад

Midwestern modesty in play - bootleg at its finest

@alienonline8 11 месяцев назад

En 2000 con un grupo de amigso pudimos conversar con los astronautas de la iss era un ruso en ingles, era antes cuando se permitia, ademas pudimos escuchar las tormentas de jupiter, bajar imagenes de satelites y balizas de satelices .Saludos desde Argentina

@user-iv7gf2lw6g 11 месяцев назад

@@alienonline8 how man?🤯

@RamenPoweredShitFactory 11 месяцев назад

A Cyberdeck built out of a cop car computer to spy on satellites? Probably the most cyberpunk thing I've heard in a while.

@KiraSlith Год назад

The most cyberpunk'd entropic cyberdeck ever. brilliant. 10/10

@ecardozo7043 11 месяцев назад

He also looks cyberpunk, he belongs to 2077 for sure.

@fabricio4794 9 месяцев назад

@@ecardozo7043 he reminds me a sorta of Apeman from the Future or something....

@lemonblazer123 Год назад

This is a quintessential Save It For Parts video. It's got junk, it's got technical problems, it's got eclectic hardware, and it's got custom made parts! Probably one of my favorite videos on a long list of my favorite SIFP videos. Great stuff!

@saveitforparts Год назад

Thanks! Glad you liked it! It's been one of my favorites as well, even if it took forever to get done!

@thedesolateone8260 Год назад

@saveitforparts Ime a 45 year old dude living in the UK 🇬🇧. Remember many movies 🎬 that shown somebody with proper 👌 ( know whst ime doing here) knowledge. Scene in T2. Bit of hacking Mr Connor . Knowbody wants federal prison 🤣🤣🤣 but allways. That a thing. 😮 can Hack like that ( ( Errrr turns out you can 🤫🤫🤫 ) any hardware put down . Looks complex , masterminded. Was fully into that joined groups also into that. Believe in UK 🇬🇧 but a few 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We stated within the law. But i smiled 😃 at your video . Said " Still some blooming Geezer messing & Tinkering about with a blooming old computer 🖥 " . Don't you stop fella. Till they shut it all down. Don't you stop. Whsg a channel. Honour 🎖 to find you on Vast RU-vid. Only a few go deep. Thank god 🙏 wr aunt all parents & civil servsnts 😝🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Wanteyt 11 месяцев назад

Hn ... ha fh I kl lo

@cancan-wq9un 11 месяцев назад

Dude. How do you do all of this? Even just thinking about all the problems and hours spent troubleshooting them makes my head hurt. You got yourself a subscriber.

@saveitforparts 11 месяцев назад

There's plenty of trial and error, and dead ends, and broken stuff! I mostly do this tech stuff in the winter, summer is too busy with boats and yard projects!

@noahdonovan1618 11 месяцев назад

@@saveitforparts well said 😂

@TheBinaryHappiness 6 месяцев назад

@@saveitforparts boats n hoes!

@chrome7fan 11 месяцев назад

I love this guy. There are so many radio hobbies that require you to shell out stacks just for some decent equipment. Then this guy pulls a “ummmm actually 🤓” and fabricates an entire setup for less than like $50. An absolute legend.

@leandrogoethals6599 6 месяцев назад

nO U cAn'T dO ThAt u NeEd tO buY oUr 50K vERsion!!!.....Soyface emoji (there wasn't one on youtube)

@TheSquidNinja 6 месяцев назад

Yeah, but I'd like to know the net worth of his workshop just before he was able to build any of these projects

@SimDeck 11 месяцев назад

I love that there are people like you in the world. Curious minds full of enthusiasm. I have no idea what you are doing but I know I like it. You make the world a better place because you provide something different.

@OneTopic Год назад

This was really enjoyable! Fun edit and really interesting project.

@fabrestervis Год назад

Strange place to find you. On this side of youtube is everything possible.

@justforsoundclippin1002 11 месяцев назад

And on my list of people I didn’t expect to see on this channel…

@le9038 8 месяцев назад

You are the one person I'd least expect to find on here...

@ThesiBejsi 6 месяцев назад

I did not expect you to be here(love you btw)

@purplelord8531 6 месяцев назад

onetopic???

@artem.boldariev 11 месяцев назад

That is a real cyberdeck - not these often useless toys people build. In my opinion, a cyberdeck is an utilitarian custom computer for specialised purposes (just remember the "heroes" of these cyberpunk novels and what they were doing). And this device ticks all these boxes. Thank you! It is very inspirational.

@robotdudeguy 5 месяцев назад

who cares if stuff is "often useless" its just a fun little hobby

@user-xo1ms4yq4m Месяц назад

This video again inspired me enthusiasm to communication tech since I’ve been sucked into annoying working projects for quite a longtime and forget it’s used to be so interesting for me 😢

@WeylandLabs 11 месяцев назад

This is a Steve Wozniak type of guy you want to be a around for a start up - Great Upload ! I wanted to make a business back in the late 2000's measuring wireless phone company's radio frequencies, then selling the data to marketing firms. Didn't go through with it because I was hanging out with people held me back. I'm sure it would have been a minor success, you have a lot of passion in what you do. Never let anyone hold you back from your own idea's 👍

@lxlMrSatan 11 месяцев назад

What kind of data could you get from that, that would something you could sell? Just curious

@DIE2dayORelse 11 месяцев назад

Love this, there's something so cool about custom tech in the modern day when most things like this are done with a phone, pc, or raspberrypi

@rjl4340 11 месяцев назад

Your hardware knowledge (and stash) is truly impressive. This is by far the most jerryrigged cyberdeck I’ve ever seen. You inspired me to look at my rats nest of old hardware to see if I can use anything. I can’t wait to see the next project you work on! 🤝

@Lesnoy40rt77 Год назад

Somehow I missed your channel over the years. I am too dumb to do anything myself, but I love to watch people engineering something from junk. Loved this thing so much, hope you will have fun with this ❤

@terenceokane 11 месяцев назад

this project was amazing! that panel and box looked clean as hell. absolute maniac going from issue to issue. i can be the same with projects but the way you ripped open that computer when the bios battery died killed me. love the channel!

@jacobgreenberg3030 Год назад

Really enjoyed this longer vid! Getting to see the process of making something is always a lot of fun. Keep it up! I'm particularly interested in seeing if you can get the array to work

@saveitforparts Год назад

Me too, I think it will be a fun attempt! This video could have easily been even longer, I had over two hours of footage and had to struggle to keep it to 20 minutes!

@AngeliteEntyshak 11 месяцев назад

I loved every second of this video! From hearing the enthusiasm and humor towards your problem-solution attitude, watching you cycle through damaged scrap parts regressing in technology as you continued, your form factoring considerations, and the final demonstration. I can only ever hope to be as good at salvage and jerry-rigging as you are!

@helixred4075 11 месяцев назад

You're an absolute legend. I love ripping into older tech from companies which didn't stand the test time. Fantastic video.

@pileofstuff Год назад

Now this is the sort of mad science project that I can get behind

@youtubeaccount931 Год назад

Hell yes. 10/10 Great build sir! I had no idea gqrx would run on a 686. Great idea for the patch board for the rtl-sdr. Coolest radio build I've seen all year

@USBEN. Год назад

RU-vid recommends a random video, me watches, me enjoys. Realising how much I love reusing and hacking things.

@HayuNukui-hh6bb 11 месяцев назад

Coolest thing I've ever seen in RU-vid made out of unused parts, Absolutely love it

@phaandorpertwee6981 Год назад

18:20 was the moment I totally lost it :) This is so ridiculously cool, I can't even find words for it. Just never stop doing, what you do!

@vmpere2637 Год назад

Stuff like this is so interesting, and i love to see there's still ways of using old proprietary hardware and giving it new life!

@greuju 9 месяцев назад

I love seeing someone who really puts time in their videos and hobbies. I know nothing about this but I've watched 3 already.

@BladeStar420 Год назад

Your screens and hacking briefcase look like what the tech in movies/games looks like. That's pretty cool

@oldpain7625 Год назад

Dude, this is truly great. Round of applause for your skill and creativity. 👏 Can't wait to see what else you have on your channel.

@1AEGIS 10 месяцев назад

wish utube would recommend more like this. subbed

@mauriciotamez4047 11 месяцев назад

I am a guy who doesn't stick to videos for more than 5 minutes, but this definitely kept me hooked up all the way. Great video mate.

@bridiro 11 месяцев назад

I just discovered this channel, and I absolutely love it! I love old style hackers, and you are a per fect example of one. Keep this on, you're great.

@juanpenk9104 11 месяцев назад

Your display of technical knowledge is incredible, these are such cool projects, keep it up!!!

@greystripe3737 11 месяцев назад

I love how much this looks like a movie prop or something. really neat stuff man

@domenicoroselli926 9 месяцев назад

I love your videos. I don’t really understand how most of the things mentioned in your videos work but i find it so fascinating to watch you create something new out of scraps.

@irrationalnumbers771 Год назад

Great build and super cool that you can pull from NOAA directly. I had to chuckle at the Orinoco reference as it was always a card I wanted to buy, but couldn't afford it back in the day.

@TwinTurboOnly Год назад

Tweezers are a life saver when working with ribbon cables and other small electronics. Awesome video btw. I learned a lot of random things from this video.

@jcudejko Год назад

Having just found your channel, I just wanted to say this is amazing!

@EHKOS 11 месяцев назад

I have no idea what that does, why you would want/need to do the things it does, but I'm glad you're happy about it doing the thing. It looks very cool too!

@Pkp-zr2li Год назад

Just found your channel, and this is exactly the kind of video that I have always been looking for

@vividious Год назад

I loved this video. In depth, hack-ey and held together by a lot of passion and a tasteful amount of jank Found another inspirational tech binge channel to add to my list

@saveitforparts Год назад

Ha, yeah that probably describes half my content :-D

@aaronwieman8368 6 месяцев назад

this was so cool seeing the inside of a datalux again.. love it. These were the older models, but they were bought by A LOT of departments because they were fanless and made out of cast aluminum. we had several survive car fires, crashes etc.. the model you are using was a pain to repair.

@lordjellyfish4745 7 месяцев назад

If we ever go into some sort of apocalipse we need to protect this guy at all costs

@Od50 Минуту назад

😂😂😂😂

@trayguthrie6983 Год назад

Why are there so few subscribers. This channel is a gold mine. You definitely got my sub! Thanks for the amazing content

@philaskytech Год назад

Holy moly! Had no idea this was a thing, and you sir showed me something truly amazing and inspiring. Thank you and keep up the good work!

@ammarahmedkhan2416 11 месяцев назад

I wonder how did he get all the knowledge, I mean he knows everything about IT and stuff. Respect !

@KerboOnYT 9 месяцев назад

That was a fun watch and a great project. I like that you are getting use out of old equipment. Q4OS is my go-to for older hardware too

@VoldraLightningfrost 11 месяцев назад

Words cannot express how impressed I am. Instantly subscribed!

@DominicNJ73 9 месяцев назад

This guy is the kid from any 80's neighborhood that could jerry rig the cable connection to get the Disney Channel for free. I absolutely loved watching this, reminded me of several guys I knew from my childhood.

@jack.h99 11 месяцев назад

unironically one of the coolest things ive ever seen

@elevationsickness8462 10 месяцев назад

I can't tell you how long I've craved a scuffed hardware video like this to show up on my home page. Oh mighty algorithm bless this channel

@DanteHaroun Год назад

Love how 1/4 of this video is this dude just going through and breaking a bunch of his old computers lol

@kano8474 Год назад

Hi there. I recently subscribed to your channel and have been watching your videos. I must say, I love the content. Amazing what you can build from junk.

@MunitionsDudTester Год назад

This is awesome, I thought you needed a certain antenna to receive those weather images, I'm definitely going to have to try this out now!

@saveitforparts Год назад

The little rabbit ears that come with an RTL-SDR kit work pretty well, as long as you have them extended to the right length and angle. I've also made one out of coat hangers / random metal rods. If you want better performance and a stronger signal there are designs like a QFH that can be made at home, they're just a little more complicated (I made two and only the 2nd one really works).

@syrefaen 9 месяцев назад

I really liked the Ethernet port and all the details & work you put into making it!

@elissaann-ij3tb 11 месяцев назад

Amazing, talented in knowledgeable stuffs (gear) and organized with the Velcro. Very very impressive.

@Mrmultikeller Год назад

Im so glad I found this channel! I know fuck all about anything technological other than base use of consumer goods, but listening to you problem solve and MacGyver your way through this was incredible! Happily subscribed for more.

@TheMitoSan 8 месяцев назад

Whoa! Dude, I'm 200% amazed with your project - It's fantastic! You just got a new subscriber! PS: NGL, you look like someone that Fox mulder would love paying a visit 💜

@MiketheEye 11 месяцев назад

Dude. I've been on an incredible journey learning about how things are broadcast and received and it has led me to this! The world of waves is incredible.

@saveitforparts 11 месяцев назад

It really is! I've always wanted to learn more, and it really helped me to do hands-on stuff like this.

@Lulxec Месяц назад

I absolutely love this channel,and m very lucky to have found it, you can see the guy is very passsionate about what he does, mean while creating awesome stuff , you got yourself a subscriber sir

@thingsido6303 Год назад

I love stuff like this! Keep making awesome stuff!

@gannas42 Год назад

Really nice work here and very cool that you shared it with the r/cyberdeck community. I _feel_ like we don't see enough completed and useful projects over there. Blue flavored USB sounds delicious, too. And best of all you paid the cat tax!

@robertoruiz8373 8 месяцев назад

You would make the world's greatest electronics professor. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

@CallOfCutie69 11 месяцев назад

I thought Cyberpunk was just a set of stylistic tropes, and technically not viable. But this shows it’s real, with enough talent and determination. Bravo.

@robertouplink Год назад

Cai de paraquedas no seu vídeo. Rapaz, gostei muito. Me empolguei muito com essa saga para montar um setup móvel. Pena que eu não tenho muitos amigos com capacidade técnica suficiente para assistir e admirar o setup que você montou. Desejo sucesso com canal! Traga mais vídeos como esse. Saudações do Brasil!

@ButterfaceGMusicSlump 11 месяцев назад

I can't believe this is real. This is insane man! Awesome job.

@GetMoGaming 2 месяца назад

Awesome dude. I thought in the last video I watched, I bet that cyberdeck was expensive. I didn't take into account your channel name and theme lol. Incredible.

@24kRobot 5 месяцев назад

Wow, this is rad!! What a watch. Very cool. I enjoy when people share their hobbies and passions with us. This is way cool!

@vasilivladivostok1136 11 месяцев назад

It seems like most cyberdecks are solutions looking for a problem, whereas you just decided to stop torturing yourself whenever you wanting to play with the SDRs. This thing is great!

@tlarson91119 Год назад

Nice, I've got an older Dell laptop with a dead battery too but couldn't decide if it was worth getting another. I replaced the old drive with an SSD a while ago and put Lubuntu on it. It runs pretty good (dual core, 4GB memory) and I use it mainly for videos when I'm sleeping, and sometimes practice shell commands/scripting. I used to work at a small computer repair shop about 10 years ago and when we shut it down, we held onto a TON of the old hardware that is, by now, obsolete except for some niche use cases maybe. I haven't figured out how to dispose of whatever isn't worth keeping though.

@Metalrasputian Год назад

"It's not the prettiest" Brother, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

@user-jh9eh9cn7d 11 месяцев назад

You motivated me to use my old laptop for satellite wizardry ; thanks for the summer project idea

@metium27 Год назад

Nice video mate. that's really amazing to see someone be happy with what he's/she's doing.

@percy4043 11 месяцев назад

Great project, brother! Tech's not broken until starting it up is biology.

@Syndicate._ Год назад

I have no idea what 90% of this is but I love it

@MotownBatman Год назад

This is a Sweet Idea, I always like looking for different ways to use my junk besides loading them up with Emulaotos

@saveitforparts Год назад

I'm hoping this gets more use than some of my other special-purpose computers. I made a little emulator arcade system that mostly gathers dust now, and I never have time for my drawing tablet. I haven't learned my lesson though, one of my upcoming vidoes is to hack a Kindle into something more useful that will then probably not get used!

@MotownBatman Год назад

@@saveitforparts Yessir! I just recently decided to attempt emulation on a Kindle... But then I realized I Re-Gifted my kids old ones to Nieces & nephews. Hopefully neighbors & friends start offering me old electronics again soon Keep up the good work!

@friedtomatoes4946 Год назад

Dell docking stations through USBC firewire is actually pretty great. Not only can they provide 80 watts to a laptop they can do 4K and 1080p displays simultaneously as well as audio and multiple USB channels. All of them at 60 FPS

@benskev Год назад

the neckbeard power in you has made this hackbox possible

@silva29 11 месяцев назад

The algorithm has done me a solid. Subscribed and now watching your backlog.

@SprintKeyz Год назад

That first laptop you tried may have just made those angry beeps because it couldn't see the display, not because anything was shorted. Great video either way!

@realasspodcast Год назад

this video rules so hard. it just keeps snowballing into cooler stuff. not really into satellite tech myself, but the dedicated cyberpunk briefcase piqued my interest enough for a curiosity click - but damn, soon as those XP-era police car computers made an appearance and you choose to bin off the proprietary connector instead of going down a rabbit hole of trying to source the plug I was like hell yeah brother

@icxcarnie Год назад

Incredibly cool. Perhaps something that would make this more convenient would be a keyboard with a trackpoint on it; I know Lenovo makes them with the ThinkPad brand.

@Capturing-Memories 3 месяца назад

That all in one PC with "DATALUX Tracer" logo fits the project perfectly, it is almost like it was designed for this purpose.

@devanshupadhyay_iamironman1257 8 месяцев назад

I didn't get many things in this video as I don't understand much about satellites but what you have made is something mazing bro. Hatts off

@inverlock Год назад

I do IT in the business world, docking stations are huge now with a big push for laptops that works can use for hybrid WFH and in-office. Each user has a dock with monitors and KB/M at work and potentially in a home office as well (although most just plug into their own TV or monitor at home). The Dell ones are pretty reliable, well built, and also partially modular. They are expensive as hell though... Dell...

@AdamWolphe Год назад

Outside of the big PC manufacturers, CalDigit makes fantastic docks as well.

@fuzzylilpeach6591 11 месяцев назад

This guy is the "scrappy tech genius hacker" side character in every action movie but like in real life

@CS2TOMMIE Год назад

I like how knowledgeable and crafty this man is, defo subbing great work I am amused!

@sharkylal 7 месяцев назад

Love this channel. Never lose the creativity dude!

@lukewithrow1351 Год назад

This is ridiculously cool!

@Wanton110 Год назад

Those datalux things are awesome, never find that sort of thing over here, especially not for that price either

@reiisthebestgirl 11 месяцев назад

I'm glad guys like this exist and they film experiments for benefit of society. Thanks youtube algorithm.

@AnhNguyen-rm1hd 2 месяца назад

This guy is definitely on the No Such Agency's watchlist.

@mindshelfpro Год назад

I love this video. If you split it up and have expanded run time for how you do all the sections that will be great!

@swrekcfest 11 месяцев назад

There is something you can add that has a good chance . Maybe a different generator that produces a higher voltage but with lower amps and in between the steam engine and generator add some gearing . Hope this helps , great video by the way !