Talking to the ISS using homemade equipment

[prfesser]

https://www.iflscience.com/man-make...al-space-station-using-homemade-antenna-72271
And he spoke to one of our own:

 

[NTP2]

It’s on my bucket list…

Ps someone in my town did this and got in the paper!

 

[cls]

Many of us got started on VHF and UHF with these "cheap yagis"

http://wa5vjb.com/yagi-pdf/cheapyagi.pdf

If you can build a rocket, you can build a working antenna!

Study a little bit and get an FCC Technician license. Amazing to talk to other folks by satellite using only a few watts and an antenna you made.

 

[NTP2]

Many of us got started on VHF and UHF with these "cheap yagis"

http://wa5vjb.com/yagi-pdf/cheapyagi.pdf

If you can build a rocket, you can build a working antenna!

Study a little bit and get an FCC Technician license. Amazing to talk to other folks by satellite using only a few watts and an antenna you made.

If you’re responding to me, then I have thought about it but it’s a low priority.

Ps and I got in the paper already…

 

[Hobie1dog]

This is the antenna I have but I knocked my Kenwood HT radio off and broke the antenna and control knob off

 

[NTP2]

This is the antenna I have but I knocked my Kenwood HT radio off and broke the antenna and control knob off

Super glue??

 

[Hobie1dog]

Super glue??

one of my ham radio friends can fix it for me.

 

[WillMarchant]

https://www.iflscience.com/man-make...al-space-station-using-homemade-antenna-72271
And he spoke to one of our own:

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