Travis has written on his blog how he repurposed an satellite dish from a naval vessel and his progress to track all kinds of satellites, including LEO, in the Ku/L band around 1.5 GHz ever since.
He uses an impressive setup between Beaglebone Black and fully automated tracking of known and scanning of unknown projects.
Video of a computer chaos congress in 2013: Hillbilly Tracking of Low Earth Orbit: Repurposing an Inmarsat Dish (45 min).