Computer hackers reveal plans to send internet into space
They would use existing equipment such as HAM (amateur) radio satellites that work with a worldwide 'supercomputer', known as Constellation. So far, 200 volunteers have signed up to help the project by either building their own ground station or …
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WD9EWK working HO-68 in FM from outside the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium in Elk Grove Village, Illinois (grid EN62aa), on 9 October 2010 at approximately 1750 UTC. Thanks to Adrian AA5UK for recording this and providing me the video file.
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clips taken from the discussion about how to work amsats or ham radio satellites
In building the ham radio 40/80 meter inverted v antenna I ran into a slight set back. My SWR readings were very high and I first thought my antenna or cable to be bad. Fearing the worst I found the problem. A short circuit in the SO-239 connector in my MFJ-259B Antenna Analyzer. This is how I repaired it.
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In order to learn more about ham radio satellites, TCP/IP networking, stepper motor control, open-source Linux, and socket programming, I decided to build a simple prototype of a satellite Az/El tracker. Stefan HB9ZEM/KG4SDI
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