I've been doing livestreams on my YouTube channel on my efforts to build a satellite ground station. This was mentioned in ANS recently but I haven't emailed to the list about it in a while if at all. I just finished livestreaming the fourth video. Links to previous videos are at the bottom of this email.
Satellite ground station build - video 4 - W4CX setup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Uz5XojX6M
This video includes footage of a local ham, Darrell, W4CX and his satellite ground station. I learned from him so I can build my station more easily. Other topics covered:
* How an M2 employee who saw my last livestream messaged me with helpful information about the LEO Pack and the cross boom I should use.
* I found pics of NS3L's sat setup on his QRZ.com profile which show he is using almost all the same equipment as me except larger antennas. This is great because I can learn from how he did his setup as well. It's very clean partly because he mounted his preamps on the crossboom instead of the mast like most people.
* I talk about how I decided not to use boards mounted to the joists in the attic for tripod mounting but use two-by-fours instead (like Darrell).
* Finally, there is a short mention of how I'm going to use magnets to find out where to drill the holes in the roof.
Corrections: At 8:25 I say "left hand and right hand cross polarization," I meant left hand and right hand *circular polarization*.
At 12:20 I say the antenna with ringed elements is the helical... well they are circular so it's not. Steve told me that is a new Directive Systems 55 element super loop for 1296 he hasn't connected feedline to yet. It wasn't in the pics on his QRZ profile but because they were similar sized loops (since it's the same band) I got a little confused.
There may be other issues I'll notice when I watch this again. If you see something let me know.
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video 1 - background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hz4bWVByDw
video 2 - buying stuff and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTnsQgFMIU
video 3 - surveying and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pp5WZRNb8Y
video 4 - W4CX setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Uz5XojX6M
73, John Brier KG4AKV