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…
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…
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…
