 NC7I Satellite Station
This page will contains a description of my satellite stations.
The portable satellite station consists of
- Yaesu FT-51RHP - 5 watt full duplex 70cm/2m HT
- Arrow AO-27 Antenna
- Stereo Headphones and splitter
- Speaker Mic
- Micro cassette recorder (simplifies logging)
The satellite station at home consists of
- Yaesu FT-840 for 10m downlinks
- Kenwood TS-711A for 2m uplinks and 10m downlinks
- 10m dipole antenna on the ceiling of my garage
- 2m groundplane on the roof
To operate AO-27 I need to be outside. Since the weather can be cool in
the winter, my winter activity on AO-27 is minimal. I have used the station to work
SO-35, and I am sure that it will work for UO-14.
Check on the
SO-35 availability over North America. To get pass predictions e-mailed to you try
JPass Generator.
Drop me an
e-mail
if you need AZ or grid DM42 on RS-13, AO-27, SO-35 or UO-14.
If you need an adjacent grid on AO-27, SO-35 or UO-14,
let me know
and I'll let you know when/if I can make it there.
In the future, I plan on adding capability for FO-20 and FO-29 to my shack.
I have a Hamtronics receive converter for 70cm to allow my 10m receiver to work
on the downlink. All I need now is to get around to building the 70cm antenna.
I plan to use a design I got from Jerry K5OE for his eggbeater II.
Pictures of the satellite station (coming soon)
The FT-51RHP set up for AO-27 work. Note the headphones and tape recorder.
The Arrow antenna.
NC7I (WD2AEM in this photo) and oldest son Travis (now KD7JWV) working AO-27
from the driveway. Extra headphones on the ground are for my Dad who is taking
the picture
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