The VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC) is awarded for radio contact with a minimum number of map grids, a system used by radio amateurs known as Maidenhead. Further information can be found using the link at the bottom of this page. At present 19/04/2024 I have made confirmed amateur satellite contacts with 550 grids, see certicate…
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Worked All States
This week I received my certificate for WAS (Worked All States), the award is Issued by the ARRL to radio amateurs who have confirmed contacts with radio amateurs in all 50 US states. My award is in the satellite category; all contacts were made via satellites constructed by amateur radio operators or educational establishments. There…
CSN Technologies Satellite Tracker
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…
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…