Icom IC-PCR100 Remote is a program designed for the Linux environment.

It has been developed to optimise the reception of SSTV images sent from the ISS by astronauts. It therefore has two buttons to launch Gpredict and QSSTV respectively from the program.

• Gpredict is a software package for tracking and predicting satellite orbits in real time.
• QSSTV is software for decoding SSTV (Slow Scan Television) images.

Thanks to the interconnection between the Icom IC-PCR100 and Gpredict, the receiver’s reception frequency is adjusted in real time to correct the Doppler effect inherent in satellite communications: higher frequency when the satellite is approaching and lower frequency when it is moving away.

The Icom IC-PCR100 remote software allows the user to take control of the receiver via a graphical interface without using the terminal. It also allows the user to control the volume, squelch and receive mode while Gpredict takes control of the VFO to adjust the frequency.