Bruce, I've got a lot of different avenues to check out but I definitely would like to do satellite communication. I just checked out the AMSAT website, cool stuff. Most of what I know right now I learned from the exam study, but it sounds like I'll at least need a transceiver which can transmit and receive on two bands, a VFO dial to actively compensate for the RF doppler shift, and a decent directional antenna (maybe with circular polarization?). I will probably want to build a directional antenna as a project when I get a bit more knowledge on the topic. I'm thinking there could be difficulty getting good multi-band performance with a single directional antenna. I have to do some more research but I will absolutely drop you an email about this when I get there. Making contact with the ISS is definitely a new item for my bucket list.
Thanks so much! 73 *S. Kori Rahman* KI5MKU Cell: (770) 298 8516 kori...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM Bruce via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of > things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If > you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have > been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once > upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County. > > 73...bruce > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022 > > ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes > > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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