Wrapping Up the ISS SSTV Event
All told, I managed to work six ISS passes during the event and grab four images (some of them were repeats). Here are the best versions of each: It still blows my mind that you can build an antenna…
ARISS SSTV Award
One of the super fun things about amateur radio is the number of contests (with awards!) that are constantly going on. Here’s my copy of the ARISS SSTV Award, which I received for successfully receiving and decoding some of the…
Participating in the ISS SSTV 20th Anniversary Event
Every so often the ISS broadcasts Slow Scan Television (SSTV). There’s a special holiday / 20th anniversary of Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) event happening right now! On Christmas Day it was raining / snowing and I tried capturing…
Lessons learned trying to work satellites with the Yaesu FT-70DR
I’ve been trying to work the AMSATs with my new VHF/UHF Yagi and my Yaesu FT-70D. Since these satellites generally receive (Rx) on one frequency and transmit (Tx) on another, I had to learn to use the “split memory” function…
Lessons learned building my first VHF/UHF tape measure antenna
As soon as I got my Technician’s license and my first radio (a Yaesu FT-70DR), I set out to build one of the VHF / UHF (2m / 70cm) tape measure Yagi antennas I had been reading about online. This…