[OZAPRS] sgates

[Gavin Rogers]

Norm, VK3XCI wrote:
> Before I invest time and effort in setting a 
> satgate up for ISS, how many do we have, who are 
> they and is it worth my time? It would be really 
> simple with a wiiiide IF 2M rig (so no doppler), 
> Omni antenna and a KISS tnc on Xastir

I'm running one here in VK6 with a magmount 5/8 wave antenna on the 
pergola, feeding a longer-than-it-should-be length of RG58 into a FM900 
(12.5KHz IF - all I had spare). A real junkbox satgate!

I'm going to replace the radio with something a little more sensitive 
and see if I get a better decode rate - only receiving 1 or 2 ISS beacon 
packets per pass... I reckon I can do better :)


73
Gavin.

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       Gavin Rogers                     |  Amateur radio station VK6HGR
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