Submitted by ac6p on Sun, 03/16/2014 - 20:52
This page document's the club's satellite station. The original 70cm helix antenna was redesigned using 4NEC2 by Kayla, KK6JGU, during winter and spring 2014. One antenna was tested on field-day 2014 with excellent results and good impedance match.
The Club's station is currently being rebuilt and consists of the following:
- Icom IC910
- Computer to radio control using a custom USB-CIV interface.
- Computer USB to custom microcontroller interface to Yaesu G5500 AZ-EL rotators.
- Satstation I (ver 5.3.19) software providing maps and real-time ground-station control of the AZ-EL rotators and full-duplex radio.