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djellison View Member Profile	Jul 2 2009, 08:31 AM Post #1
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Anyone on UMSF into Ham Radio? I'm thinking of getting in to it, but only as a means to an ends (setting up a groundstation for Balloon flights, and Cubesats) I'm booked into the Amsat UK conference at the end of July in Guildford. I know a few of the CUSpaceflight badgerworks guys are going to be there. My current plan is to grab a fairly cheap UHF/VHF handheld to get my license with. A hand-held UHF/VHF arrow antennae to 'manually' listen in to sats to begin with - which can then be mounted on a rotator at some future point, and then upgrade to a better receiving set at some point. Doug

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Astro0 View Member Profile	Jul 2 2009, 01:24 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615	Not me personally, but we have a Ham radio set-up at the Canberra DSN. I'm keen to learn how it all works.

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djellison Ham Radio Jul 2 2009, 08:31 AM

RoverDriver QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 2 2009, 12:31 AM) ... Jul 2 2009, 10:21 AM

djellison Lecture 10 from here - http://www.batc.tv/channel.... Jul 2 2009, 10:50 AM

MahFL K2MAH here . Thats my callsign, I have a "ha... Jul 2 2009, 01:25 PM

Astro0 Not me personally, but we have a Ham radio set-up ... Jul 2 2009, 01:24 PM

Okei QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jul 2 2009, 05:24 AM) Not... Aug 9 2009, 03:24 AM

ElkGroveDan Ham radio! I remember that. It's a way to... Jul 2 2009, 02:28 PM

Marz QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 2 2009, 08:28 AM... Jul 2 2009, 06:37 PM

Marz FYI: here is the cool Handy -> repeater -> ... Jul 2 2009, 06:45 PM

SFJCody There's nothing like a DS19/87B radio valve... Jul 2 2009, 07:02 PM

Okei QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jul 2 2009, 11:02 AM) Th... Aug 9 2009, 03:10 AM

nprev Back in the day when I worked for NOAA we had ham ... Jul 2 2009, 04:43 PM

djellison Well - without any books infront of me, I've b... Jul 2 2009, 07:14 PM

ddeerrff Here's an example of Ham radio tracking a ball... Jul 2 2009, 09:59 PM

aggieastronaut I'm KE5RDD. I mostly use mine when out storm c... Jul 2 2009, 11:12 PM

dvandorn Back in the '70s, when I seriously looked into... Jul 3 2009, 02:21 AM

nprev I think all you need in the US now is a General Ra... Jul 3 2009, 03:38 AM

PDP8E As a HAM for a long time I am working with FCC to ... Jul 3 2009, 03:51 AM

djellison Whoops http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/679/2... Jul 20 2009, 08:20 AM

RJG Excellent! Look forward to your presentation, ... Jul 20 2009, 11:26 PM

djellison Barely out the box - and BOOM. AO51 http://www... Aug 4 2009, 06:29 PM

PDP8E Doug, nice gear! Amsat Echo is a great bird to... Aug 4 2009, 07:19 PM

djellison AO19 doing morse - still with just the handheld an... Aug 8 2009, 02:47 PM

PDP8E bravo! there are some programs and machines ou... Aug 8 2009, 07:04 PM

djellison I have a dual-band Yagi (70cm2m) on the way Aug 8 2009, 07:52 PM

PDP8E ...or you could just order a dual band yagi and ge... Aug 9 2009, 12:45 AM

PDP8E ...or you could just order a dual band yagi and ge... Aug 9 2009, 12:54 AM

djellison My Arrow Yagi has arrived. Heard AO19 again, very... Aug 17 2009, 08:01 PM

djellison Well - I passed the foundation licence (24/25...AR... Oct 2 2009, 01:53 PM

Okei QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 2 2009, 05:53 AM) ... Oct 2 2009, 04:03 PM

djellison I wanted DJE - but it was taken So it ended up... Oct 2 2009, 04:17 PM

nprev Well, Sierra Hotel, dude! Congrats; now you... Oct 3 2009, 12:32 AM

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