Part I of a AO-7 satellite contact video shot at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention. This satellite has no working batteries, so it always decides what mode to operate in when it comes out of eclipse. This time was mode B: 70cm up and 2m down. You may see a 10m horizontal receiving loop that was present just in case. The radios used were a pair of Yaesu FT-817's.
Part I of a AO-51 satellite contact video shot at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention. This satellite was operating in mode V/U which implies VHF (2m) up and UHF (70cm) down.
Part II of a AO-7 satellite contact video shot at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention. This satellite has no working batteries, so it always decides what mode to operate in when it comes out of eclipse. This time was mode B: 70cm up and 2m down. You may see a 10m horizontal receiving loop that was present just in case. The radios used were a pair of Yaesu FT-817's.
An ARRL Field Day event conducted by the West Central Ohio Amateur Radio Association (WCOARA, Dayton, Ohio) and sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Part II of a AO-51 satellite contact video shot at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention. This satellite was operating in mode V/U which implies VHF (2m) up and UHF (70cm) down.
RFSpace's demo at Dayton Hamvention 2007. At the beginning of the video you see the spectrum analyzer display. Then I briefly pan over to see the SDR-14 unit and the laptop computer that is running the spectrum analyzer. This video was shot with a Canon PowerShot A710IS digital camera.
M2 Antenna Array at Dayton Hamvention 2007. Each individual antenna is probably a 23CM22EZ model for the 1.2 GHz band. An array such as this would be particularly useful for satellite contacts, but could be used terrestrially as well. Video shot with a Canon PowerShot A710IS digital camera.
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