Hello,
I live in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Any body close to me who can help me set up for satellite operations. Or even decide if it is worth doing in the UK ?
I have a great shack, a number of VHF/UHF & HF rigs, a mast - deciding if I should buy a new AZ/EL rotator mine current one is 15yrs old and dead.
I need proper advice on what to by how to configure and maybe help to operate the set up once it is going. I have tried shout outs on local repeater but nobody seems to do Satellite.
Cheers Stephen G6SGA
Hi Stephen,
Have you gotten in touch with AMSAT-UK?
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:21 AM, Stephen Thornber skthornber@mac.comwrote:
Hello,
I live in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Any body close to me who can help me set up for satellite operations. Or even decide if it is worth doing in the UK ?
I have a great shack, a number of VHF/UHF & HF rigs, a mast - deciding if I should buy a new AZ/EL rotator mine current one is 15yrs old and dead.
I need proper advice on what to by how to configure and maybe help to operate the set up once it is going. I have tried shout outs on local repeater but nobody seems to do Satellite.
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deciding if I should buy a new AZ/EL rotator mine current one is 15yrs
old and dead.
For all current Amateur Satellites, elevation control is not needed 98% of the time. If you are willing to give up the 2%, you can operate with a manual $70 azimuth only TV rotator instead of a $500 full AZ/EL rotator. Just mount the antenna tilted up at 15 degrees above the horizon and you will have plenty of gain throughout any orbital pass, but can also use it terrestrially too because the max gain is still on the horizon where it is needed most.
See http://aprs.org/LEO-tracking.html
Bob, WB4APR
On 4/25/14, Stephen Thornber skthornber@mac.com wrote:
Hello,
I live in Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Any body close to me who can help me set up for satellite operations. Or even decide if it is worth doing in the UK ?
I have a great shack, a number of VHF/UHF & HF rigs, a mast - deciding if I should buy a new AZ/EL rotator mine current one is 15yrs old and dead.
I need proper advice on what to by how to configure and maybe help to operate the set up once it is going. I have tried shout outs on local repeater but nobody seems to do Satellite.
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This might help:
http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1869
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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