Both HTs receive, essentially, 108-to-a-gig. But the VX-6R adds ...

AO-85 is back!!! Per Paul Stoetzer, N8HM: "It seems to have woken up." Like AO-07, you just can't keep a good satellite down. TLE for AO-85 will be included in this week's AMSAT TLE distribution. For

An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) April 11-13 on 145.800 MHz FM to celebrate Cosmonautics Day and Women in Space The event is slated to begin o

https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

Good reference - https://github.com/rfrht/FT-991A/wiki/Configuring-FT-991A-and-GPredict-for-ISS-and-Satellite-Tracking

Good catch! As with almost all amateur radio projects, they are experiments and other missions/projects might "bump" them ... Let's watch our sources and see what happens! Clint

April 7-8, 2022 ISS MAI-75 SSTV event - An MAI-75 SSTV event has been scheduled for this week. The transmissions will be at 145.800 MHz and the mode is expected to be PD-120. The event is scheduled to

Give a person a modem and a computer, and they instantly become "experts." This morning I received in invitation to view a new blog post: "You’re completely off the grid, perhaps a hundred miles from

... for all my spare time (g).

Well, you can look up selected passes on N2YO.com and print out a "ground track plot" - showing the orbits/paths of your selected satellites. The AMSAT.org sat prediction system isn't "pretty" - in th

To track satellites in order to then work them? Or just to have a map on the screen, showing selected sats during the day? For the FM LEOs, you will find that their sun-synchronous orbits have them ge

Jerry - do you have an Android or Apple phone? Or a tablet? Clint

Can you see it? It's teeny. It's tiny. It's an absolutely mind-blowing Raspberry Pi Zero powered mini-satellite made by undergrads at Utah State University. (We're talking about the very small floatin

THANK YOU - that is a great reference piece for a truly great HT! I will write the author to make sure I can add it to my site. Clint

And if she is interested, I am giving a talk on working the easy satellites TOMORROW at 7PM Pacific time via Zoom. Let me know if I can privately send you an invitation. Clint 951-533-4984 - cell

http://www.work-sat.com

It is a project intended for Moscow region - they are wxheduled to turn OFF over the rest of the planet.

Good catch, Dave! Clint

https://www.cbsnews.com/et-pictures/space-pitures-planets-photos

Too cool NOT to share. But the author’s name and son’s callsign have been omitted - to protect the innocent. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thank you for the great presentation this morning during