Ham Radio Satellites: How do I get started and what gear do I need?
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2020
- Today I wanted to take the opportunity to speak about one of the aspects of the hobby I really enjoy, satellites. When I first got into the hobby working satellites seemed like something that was out of reach and something I wouldn't be able to accomplish. This could not have been further from the truth.
I hope that this video will shed some light on amateur satellites and may get some new hams interested in this aspect of the hobby.
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A sample of the gear I use in this video:
Kenwood TH-D72 amzn.to/2HbCAnx
6 ft bnc coax amzn.to/2vjug2e
Logitech Headset amzn.to/39kPMSM
Sony Digital voice recorder amzn.to/2Hf5QtA
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kk4div.com
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Music credits:
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Camera equipment:
Canon Vixia HF R800
Iconntechs 4K actioncam (similar to a gopro) for most video
Canon powershot elph 150is
Editing software:
Corel Videostudio X10 ultimate
My favorite radio equipment for outdoor portable ops or RaDAR:
Radio: Yaesu FT817nd
Tuner: LDG z817 auto tuner
Antennas: Chameleon F-Loop magnetic loop antenna (does not need a tuner)
End fed antenna with 9:1 unun (needs tuner)
MFJ 1899T telescoping whip antenna
Wolf River Coil Silver Bullet 1000 w/ buddipole long telescoping whip
Interface for Digital modes: SignaLink USB
Digital software: FLDigi and WSJT-x
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm novice in ham radio and your video was very useful. Best regards from Brazil.
your explanation with the Doppler frequency compensation & offsets we're thoroughly clear.
instablaster
Thank you Bob for breaking that down for us! Great video!
Good video tutorial. Thanks.
excellent Bob, thank you very much for your time, pretty good explanation not only for beginners!
You're very welcome!
Good video and explanation.
Thank you for the vid, I learned a lot!
Thank you for your help
thank you for the video Bob Allan G6TMO UK
Thank You Bob, I have watched many videos on how to do this, this is on of the best. I have do the listen a few times portable but have not tried to make a contact yet. I have headset coming. I am setting up a home earth station and yes is has cost me some money IC-9700 antennas and rotator. Still waiting for some of the parts to show up (the 600$ worth of coax is what is holding that up from Italy haha.
I think you are correct for the portable I need to keep practice. I love your phone app I am gong to down load it onto my iPhone. Thank You Again!
Glad the video is some help to you. Maybe we can catch each other on one of the birds sometime!
Thanks for the video, Bob. Can you supply a rough schematic of what you have hooked up there?
Would like to see how the headset, recorder and ptt switch are assembled and connected to each other and the HT.
Thanks,
Bill WI3U
Good "How To" on SATs Bob =) Looking forward to setting up a SAT station and working you .... got a Ham really interested in working SATs as well =) 73 de N5VMO Pat
Thanks, Pat.
Great video, I learned a lot from it. One question, If you are using 2 ht radios with an Arrow antenna, do you need a filter for the receiver ht so it does not get damaged by the other transmitting ht's power? Thanks.
Great explanation, appreciate you speaking slow so what you are saying can sink in, most other discussions on RUclips are rushed. Would like to have you explain your HT radio to antenna setup with some closeup shots, trying to figure out what cables, splitter cable is needed to hook up headphones and recorder is still something I am struggling with, have a new Arrow antenna, new Th D72 but for now I have set it aside .. need help look forward to watching your RUclips’s. KA7MUB
Bob, are there plans online to build that log periodic antenna?
Bob, excellent video. I have been licensed about 9 months. I started working satellites about a month ago without a recorder, which is a pain. I would like to add a recorder. Would it be possible to get the name of cables, their source and possibly a schematic of how to hook up a recorder? My Wouxun 8D Plus uses the same plug as your Kenwood radio and I am using a Heil Sound headset. Thanks
Hey, Robert. I got your email also, so I responded to your question there. 73!
I was under the impression that if any repeater was involved it didn't count as a dx contact as far as counting in dxcc? I have heard a couple birds just on my vertical. Never tried to work them as I don't have the hand beam, or the fancy dual axis stuff.
Good call-out. There is dxcc for satellites, but your sat contacts are not be counted as any other mode. It is a separate certificate.
www.arrl.org/dxcc-rules. See section "q"
You kind of glossed over the PTT button. Is that something specific to the radio? What do I search for if I don't have that specific radio? New ham looking for what interests me.
Thank you for making this video and sharing it with all of us. I took your advice and bought the ISS detector app. On the amateur radio satellite selection screen, can you please tell me which satellites would work with an FM walkie talkie? I would like to add usable satellites to my tracking list. Thanks in advance! I am of course subscribed with notifications turned on and thumbs up! 73 W3GUY
AO91 and SO50 are both operational and will work with a FM HT. AO92 was one also, but I believe it is having battery issues. The ISS has a crossband repeater you can access also. If you have APRS capability, Falconsat-3 has 9600 baud APRS you can try. The ISS also has APRS.
@@BobPlank_KK4DIV thank you I'm going to give these a try!
how to get the frequencies of these satellite?
Good video. ve4mm
Thanks!!!
What about the Kenwood TH D74?
Not full duplex like the D72. And as of this week, has been discontinued
Hey Bob Plank. That was my mother's last name, Plank. What is your QTH? My mother was from Illinois.