Until quite recently I’ve been tracking amateur satellites using software for the PC, my first experiments were with a package called SatPC32. It took a while to get to grips with it but I eventually managed to use it quite well with the FM and transponder sats. Then along came GreenCube or IO-117 an MEO…
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Greencube MEO Satellite
On 13th February I tried to put a signal through Greencube (IO-117) using my 70cm Eggbeater antenna, reception proved easy but the antenna didn’t have enough gain and directivity to put a signal in. Having recently bought a 70cm circularly polarised beam I decided to rig it on a tripod in the garden; azimuth and…