Amateur Radio Station W9GM Satellite Page

First Satellite Contact

   My first contact via Satellite was on August 10, 2002 with Dave KC7USS. The Satellite was RS-13 . For
   those who are just getting into working the "Birds", you may not know that on or around August 20, 2002
   RS-13 became silent. During the ten days that I was able to work through RS-13. I made 16 enjoyable
   contacts. This Satellite will be missed by all that had the pleasure to use it. I have worked a total of seven
   Satellites so far. RS-13, AO-7, FO-20, FO-29, UO-14, SO-50, and AO-27. I am looking forward to
   working through the new Echo AO-51 bird which is now up and going through the commissioning stage, and
   also the HamSat which is scheduled for launch in the 3rd quarter of 2004. I have not been as active in recent
   months due to a rotator problem, but I hope to have that resolved by the fall.

Status of current Satellites can be found on the new AMSAT Satellite Status Page.

Equipment and Software

Yaesu FT-847 All Mode Transceiver
Cushcraft 13B2 2m Yagi Antenna
M Squared 432-9WL 70cm Yagi Antenna
Cushcraft X-7 Tri Band HF Beam
CDE Tail Twister Rotor
SARtek1 Rotor Interface
Satscape
Nova for Windows
TRX-Manager

Links to Satellite Operator's Resources

AMSAT-NA

AMSAT Organizations Around the World

AMRAD

What is AMRAD ?

   AC6V Satellites and Space Links
   SAREX Space Amateur Radio Experiment (now ARISS)
   ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
   NASA
   ON6MU *** Great Satellite Pages ***

   List of Amateur Radio Satellites, date of launch, and images here from the Colorado State University
   CIRA Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.

   AO-7
AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Satellite Summary
   ARRL Article It's Aliiiive! If you are new to Satellites this is a must read. After being dormant for 19 years
                         it's back operating!
   Slide Set of OSCAR 7 and the people that put it together.

   RS-13
   Radio Sputnik RS-12/RS-13 Satellite Summary

   FO-20/FO-29
   FO-20 Satellite Summary
   FO-29 Satellite Summary
   ON6MU FO-20 Page

UO-14
UoSAT OSCAR 14 Satellite Summary
   Working an easy satellite with the equipment you already have UO-14 from W6UTC site
   FAQ's

   AO-27
AMRAD-OSCAR 27 Satellite Summary
   The latest information on AO-27 from the control operators can be found here. http://www.ao27.org
   FAQ's

SO-50

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