Ham Radio Satellite Antenna Plans

Cheapyagi for 70cm this article is intended to enable non satellite hams to painlessly acquire the 440 mhz downlink antenna needed to actually hear and work a satellite.

Ham radio satellite antenna plans.

Resources listed under amateur radio antenna projects category belongs to main collection and get reviewed and rated by amateur radio operators. The articles present designs and construction techniques for inexpensive and easy to build antennas that will make perfect first projects. I first saw a demonstration in 2017 at the dayton hamvention i saw the same ham paul n8hm giving another demo for amsat at the 2018 hamvention so i recently purchased an elk2m 440l5 handheld sat antenna to try out with my baofeng. Antenna project contributions are from all over the world.

Ham radio antennas home made ham radio antenna projects kits and drawings category is a curation of 4897 web resources on. Consult any arrl handbook for faqs about antennas. Most are designed for ease of construction and expense. Your choice can be a leo pack antenna system distributed by amsat.

All articles are in adobe pdf format. Consult any ham radio operator about h f. One of my favorite things to do is talk with other ham radio operators through satellites or the international space station iss. To do this i stand on a rooftop and tune a handheld multiband radio while tracing the orbit of a satellite or the iss with my homemade yagi antenna.

Amateur satellite antennas category is a curation of 69 web resources on homemade 137 mhz weather satellive v dipole antenna compact and effective 2m 70cm antenna portable satellite antenna. N6fn nifty accessories ham rig programming guides some of my favorite antenna books. Compact and effective 2m 70cm dual band antenna for satellite operation building the uhf cheap yagi for satellite communication station buy motorized crossed yagi antennas solution is the best solution but certainly not the cheaper. Tune in to space with a homemade yagi antenna.

Resources listed under satellite antenna category belongs to antennas main collection and get reviewed and rated by amateur radio operators. Dx101x 245 pages of real dx secrets. You can t work them if you can t hear them. Amateur radio satellite communications looks like loads of fun to me.

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