Good reading material Bob! Everyone should bookmark this page. Back
when I had a sat station I had my antennas fixed at 45 degrees. The
reason why is first I didn't know any better and second I built my mast
out of PVC and 2 45 degree elbows were all I could find locally. It
worked well
Back when I was on the FM sats I used a small yagi for 2m and another
one for 70cm. I built a mast out of some 2 PVC that came out to a T
and had 45 degree elbows on it. I then mounted the antennas on the
elbows so that they were pointed roughly 45 degree up. The whole thing
was mounted to
0233Z
Latest voice telemetry plus a couple SSTV transmission...
http://soundcloud.com/matthewpatt/arissat-1-rs01s-w5ll-08142011
73 Matt
W5LL
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In case someone is interested I am archiving all my ARISSat-1 recordings on
Soundcloud. You can find them here if someone wants to listen.
http://soundcloud.com/matthewpatt
73 Matt
W5LL
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Nice to work you Patrick!
73 Matt
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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 2:57 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM51/DM52 now...
Hi!
I am at the
Back when I used to get on the ISS APRS all I used was a j-pole
antenna. It might not be the best but I never had a problem getting in.
73 Matt
W5LL
On 5/5/2011 7:06 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
The issue is an antenna. I live in an antenna
restricted area so I am not sure what to do.
My goal
Would anyone be interested in a California Amplifier 2.4Ghz downconverter with
the bias t and patch antenna? I put this together for AO-51 downlink but I've
never gotten to use it. It's just setting here and I haven't been on the birds
in quite a while so I thought I'd see if someone else
Equipment has been sold pending receipt of payment.
Thanks to all who inquired!
73 Matt
W5LL
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Matt Patterson
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 8:02 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb
Good thing I just happened to check the website before walking out the door
today and noticed conflicting schedules. According to the original schedule
I had planned on working V/S this afternoon which was the only day that I
would have been able to give it a try. Now it's scheduled during the
I can't even believe that some people recommend doing this!
Matt
W5LL
On 2/24/2011 11:21 AM, Ng, Peter wrote:
I'm looking to put up a mast and am curious, why PVC? Is it better than
steel?
73's Peter VE7NGP
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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org
Hmmm... how about not being cheap and buy a steel or aluminum mast?
That's my solution
Matt
W5LL
On 2/24/2011 1:31 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
It would be great if all the Negative Nancys would offer a positive solution
instead of just shooting it down that way we can all benefit.
Just found a person selling several downconverters on Ebay that look
like they could be used for AO-51 mode S. (with modifications) No Bias T
or power supplies though.
http://shop.ebay.com/the_consumer_rebellion/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340
73 Matt
W5LL
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/status.php
AO-51 - Check status page to see what mode it's in...
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
SO-50 -
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=4retURL=/satellites/status.php
AO-27 -
I'm going to be trying V/S when it's turned on in a couple of weeks.
Matt
W5LL
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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Tom Schuessler
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:25 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re:
Just won this antenna on ebay for my portable V/S setup. Hope it will work
for what I'm wanting to do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=160477089933
item=160477089933
Plan on mounting the downconverter to the back of it. Now to
Hi,
Thanks to everyone for all of your responses. It looks like I have
found a downconverter. Next question... Does anyone have any ideas on
a cheap and easy homebrew antenna? Would a cantenna work for a small
portable setup? I'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible as AO-51
isn't in
the
downconverter.
73 Matt
W5LL
On 9/10/2010 9:15 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
Matt Patterson wrote:
Hi,
Thanks to everyone for all of your responses. It looks like I have
found a downconverter. Next question... Does anyone have any ideas
on a cheap and easy homebrew antenna? Would a cantenna
Hi Rick,
I know Kent's site very well. Used to do a lot of VHF rovering and just
about all my antennas were cheap yagis. They work great and you can't
beat the cost. Anyway, I'm in need of a 2.4GHz antenna for S mode
downlink on AO-51. Kent's cheap yagi antenna designs don't go up that
Curious if there's any interest in a possible EM24 activation? I'm new to
satellites but I suspect this one may be a semi-rare grid.
73 Matt
W5LL
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I'm wanting to try this mode but haven't had much luck finding a
downconverter. What does everyone use? Any leads as to where a
downconverter can be purchased would be much appreciated.
73 Matt
W5LL
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Zack,
I used to have a old Garmin GPSIII that would display maidenhead grids.
Used it when I would rover in the VHF contests. Very simple to use and
very very cheap now on the used market. It's OLD technology but I don't
think anyone will fault you for using it even if it isn't as accurate.
Excellent pass over North America 0340Z and no one to talk to. L
Matt
W5LL
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Hi Everyone,
Still getting used to working the sats and was curious if someone happened
to be recording the latest AO-51 pass over North America. For me AOS
started at around 1140Z. If you do have a recording, would you mind sharing
with me? Curious to see how I sound on the other end.
73
Was listening for the SO-50 pass @ 22:58Z and didn't hear anything. A check
of the Oscar status website reveals that it was active a couple hours ago.
Did anyone else hear it during the latest pass? I finally got setup to
start recording the birds with my computer and was going to use SO-50 as a
It was having intermittent problems last night. At first I thought it
was a cable issue on my end.
73 Matt
W5LL
On 8/18/2010 7:51 AM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
I did lose it on the 09:34 UTC pass this morning, just thought the cable for
the Elk finally failed.
Dave - KB1PVH
Sent from my
This isn't going to help you much but I use two seperate radios so I can
have full duplex capability. Plus you don't have to fiddle with
duplexers and all that good stuff.
73 Matt
W5LL
On 8/17/2010 12:31 PM, Kai Gunter Brandt wrote:
On 08/17/2010 04:50 PM, Reid Crowe wrote:
I am
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