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
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Yaesu FT-847 All Mode Transceiver
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Cushcraft 13B2 2m Yagi Antenna
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M Squared 432-9WL 70cm Yagi Antenna
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Cushcraft X-7 Tri Band HF Beam
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CDE Tail Twister Rotor
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SARtek1 Rotor Interface
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Satscape
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Nova for Windows
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TRX-Manager
Links to Satellite Operator's Resources
AMSAT Organizations Around the World
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
FAQ's
AO-27
AMRAD-OSCAR
27 Satellite Summary
FAQ's
