“This is part 1 in this mini series of my progress on building the WB0OEW Autonomous satellite tracker. In this video I went shopping for the parts, and ALL the links are below for the original published document, his website and all the parts that I ordered in this video. Future video updates I will post more links to parts I still need to purchase, like a decent tripod. I also have a satellite antenna on the way that I purchased from GigaParts, which will be a separate video in itself”
News
EME SSTV Party Could Become an Annual Event
Many stations are reported to have made Earth-moon-Earth (EME) SSTV transmissions on last year’s 50th anniversary celebration of the moon landing. “We... Read more
Amateur radio operator assists to guide a Pilot when he lost communication
RADIOAFITED LIMA, PERU IN 40 METERS THEY HELPED CHILENAN AMBULANCE PLANE Heading to Easter Island LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTROL TOWER Last Thurs... Read more
AMSAT Says Husky-1 CubeSat Project Helped Pave the Way for Future Missions
AMSAT Vice President of Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, said that while it was disappointing that the amateur transponder on HuskySat-1 (HO-107) was n... Read more
Yasme Foundation Supporting Grant will Expand Reverse Beacon Network
The Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) will gain 15 new nodes, thanks to the Yasme Foundation. These new nodes will be added in regions where there is a nee... Read more
Software
SDRUNO 1.4 RELEASE CANDIDATE 3
Warning: This is pre-release software and you install it in the knowledge that it will have bugs and issues. We are looking for feedback on this versi... Read more
SmartSDR v2.4.10 is Now Available
FlexRadio Systems announces the immediate availability of SmartSDR v2.4.10 SmartSDR v2.4.10 is a special “interim” release. This release... Read more
WSJT-X 2.2.2 released
The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce the general availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 2.2.2. A brief summary of new features is pr... Read more
THe K7RA Solar Update
We just experienced a nearly two-week period of sunspots appearing every day. It’s been quite some time since we’ve witnessed a continuous string of s... Read more
Review
Anan 7000DLE II Review
The ANAN-7000DLE MKII monoblock SDR transceiver incorporates an Intel 8th Generation i5/i7 core computer, the SDR client software is preloaded and cal... Read more
Retevis RT6 Dual Band Analog HT Unboxing
Retevis RT6 Review of the Dual Band Analog HT. Unboxing the radio and taking a look at the menus. Read more
Carbon Fiber Mast for Ham Radio Antennas
Carbon Fiber Masts from Gigaparts for your Ham Radio Antenna – these masts come in 3 different sizes, this one being the 50′ version. This... Read more
Digital Modes
FT8DMC 3rd Anniversary-Activity Days 2020
To commemorate our 3rd anniversary, special event stations will be on air during the FT8DMC Activity Days from 1. to 31. July 2020. All stations will... Read more
K1JT , JOE TAYLOR HINTS AT POSSIBLE NEW MODE!
In a post to the WSJT-X email group today, Joe Taylor K1JT hinted at some ongoing experimentation of a new digital mode with sub-modes. His post was a... Read more
WWSA GACW Contest Rules.
WWSA GACW I – Dates Second weekend of June of every year. From Saturday 15.00 UTC until Sunday 15.00 UTC. 24 hours period. II – Goal To co... Read more
