Well, THAT was exciting. 9:59PM pass of the ISS was visible for 90 seconds - and trailing it was the SpaceX vehicle - visible for only 15 seconds ... TOO MUCH excitement for one day ... Clint

Hi All, I am a newbie at this and having a bunch of fun. But today, I had problems getting into a couple of satellites. The first 2 attempts resulted in no contact at all. Did not hear myself at all (

The satellite that refuses to stay inoperative ... (grin) Try it! Cannot thoroughly explain WHY - but try it! And please report your findings (telemetry only heard, up/downlinks working ok, or nothing

I am still new and learning a bunch about satellites and what you can and can't do. I have some basic questions and hopefully I don't sound too dumb! I understand about the footprint and that depends

Check out this site - not just communications satellites, but visible passes of other satellites ... https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/

to work the fm birds? What’s your opinion?

What is a good (free) Tracking programs for my Android ZTE cell phone? Jerry WW0E EN41

Want to get in to the world of high gain for your HT with MINIMUM cash outlay? Well, got an old, un-used steel tape measure in the back of your junk drawer? Or how about that broken umbrella in the fr

I haven't searched totally everywhere but there doesn't seem to be any real explanation of how the preamp situation works with the IC-9700. I had a Kenwood TS-2000X that had a separate PTT closure for

The June, 2020 issue of @REnthusiasts magazine - Practical Wireless - features the article, "My First Steps with Satellites" by Daimon Tilley G4USI on pages 44-47. Thank you, Daimon, for the citation

Just booted up a copy of SatPC32 on an older Windows notebook. Uodated Keps, and started choosing satellites. But some aren't there ... I noticed the program "defaulted" with another AMSAT-NA source.

Thanks Clint for posting the link to the Journal. A lengthy but very interesting read, particularly the “For beginners- Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (part IV)" on the characteristics of COAX. Bill A

The March-April AMSAT (NA) Journal was just released - in color and as a .pdf on their NEW LOOK Website! It takes a lot of work to make a good, readable-on-many-systems .pdf magazine. This one reads v

Just noticed that HRO has an "open box" KG-UV9D PLUS ... https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015307&oi=1 KG-UV9D Plus 999 Channel Dual-Band Handheld - 7-Band Receive OPEN ITEM Regular Price: $1

From AMSAT-NA ... The command team has had a few requests for camera mode on AO-92 over the last few weeks, and it's been a while, so let's take some pictures next week. Next Tuesday morning, April 28

Quetzal-1 was just deployed from the Kibo module of the International Space Station. About 30 minutes after ejection, it should deploy its antennas and begin beacon transmission. For downlink, Quetzal

A little more info please on the camera mode of AO-92 , Is this just a real time transmission as the satellite is overhead or close by? is it stored and sent continuously for a predetermined time? I h

I ran across the Ailuance HS2 Ham-Box portable SDR radio today and thought it might be of interest to this group. Its capable of HF Vhf-UHF SSB. It appears to be new and in its early stages and looks

Amateur radios on the ISS are scheduled to be turned off at 18:30 UTC Friday - as Supply mission Progress heads towards the ISS. If all goes well, expect packet back on at 14:00 UTC Saturday, April 25