Ham Radio AO-51 Satellite Demonstration
September 4, 2010 by
Filed under Satellite
Every Friday a group of us radio guys meet at the Flour Garden Bakery and coffee shop in Grass Valley to talk radio. This morning Grover, K7TP, passes out some modified computer mice to accept a key for Morsemail operation. After the mice are passed out, we start on our AO-51 satellite pass. What follows was not part of the plan. N1ASA tells us how to correctly do this! www.wku.edu Satellite Predictions, set up an account at www.heavens-above.com Morsemail brasspounder.com AO-51 www.amsat.org Arrow Antennas www.arrowantennas.com Pocketsat www.bigfattail.com 73 – Randy
Hi Hi……all that crazy work in the parking lot, and no SAT acquisition. Happens to the best of us Randy!
Those amature things out here in mass, Listen to them all the time.
Dear Randy,
I really enjoy your Top Gear Radio Amateur Video’s I wish we could more people doing this.
I wonder, will there be any future announcements of moon bounces? I am now stationed in Japan so I should at least be able to pick up something. Right now I’m just running off of a VX-6r until the ICOM mobile rig arrives (With the rest of my equipment) keep up the good work on uploading and documenting your work. I find it enjoyable to watch.
Oh you’re with me. Since the Alzhiemer’s kicked in I am less and less shocked of odd things like people waiting for me in my car. Just kidding K7!
its good to see that you made light of it though and still had a blast. It does a heart good to keep things light even when they are not going well. Great vid
We were certainly amateurs that day!
well, I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one that experiences small setbacks like this, and it was actually all caught on tape too. You guys all kept a very good spirit though and remained jovial even though things didn’t work out as planned
73,
KD7SJT
This is my favorite Video, I never get tired of watching. You have a great group of friends, your video make it seem like we came along that day,
Thanks
John/KD5VKT
hHhHhahahha
7:40
0:08
I wonder who made the noise at 7:41!!!
Nice work. keep it up. mean time come for social media marketing for esteembpo**com fhfgh
This Video just shows, how much fun You will have within a Hamradio-Community. This is Ham-Spirit real live!
73’s
Jens (DB6BJ)
They are Larsen Glass mount antennas. Randy
can u make a video of the mobil antennas u have and the 1s that are on ur car thanks
73 chris-KC9NRV
you dumb white boys talk to dem space ships in da sly?
I like it when Paul looks up as if he’s going to see the sat. Natural insticint. We all do it. I use Orbitron for tracking sats. The best out there. freestanding. No need for internet(except kep updates). Tracks up to 4000? sats. Anyhow lots. Tell the guys about it Randy.
I liked the forward shot of the road on the drive in. Nice to watch the scenery. Also that jackhammer fellow was quite a persistant fellow at 8 in the morning.
lol nice job don’t try in pull up that website he said nice job tyring to find a snipe lol am kinda hoping to find a arrow for sell cheap i have a arrow vertical up about 38 feet on a homemade tower out of a out bed frame in some hose climbs and tie downs works great but not for ao-51
Main thing is all had fun and nobody got hurt!
73
Tony kc8hch
build your own antenna
Btw, over horizon phased array PAVE PAWS facility up in Sagamore, MA, is under fire for potential links to cancer clusters in that area.
looks like you guys had fun. kd7wwv