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Satellite Satellite ARISS

A dedicated TX:
the ICOM 910H
and a TS 2000 as back-up.

 

Main transceiver:
Icom 910-H 144/430,

Secondairy transceiver:
Kenwood TS-2000 HF, 144, 430 MHz and 1,2 GHz,
• SWR Meter: SX-1000 Diamond,
• Pre-ampli 2m & 70 cm: Super-Amp SP-200 SP-7000,
• Polarization: Remote switch WiMo, right, left, circular right, circular left,

Antennas:

• Antenna VHF: X-Quad WiMo, Nr. 18010,
• Antenna UHF: X-Quad WiMo, Nr. 18011,
• Coax. cables: 1/2 inch,
• Coax. junction: 11 mm

Tracking:
• 1 PC AMD Athlon 1.10 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, screen 19" XP, with parallele port,
• 1 PC laptop Toshiba Satellite 4000 CDT, XP, with parallele port,
• Rotor Yaesu G-5500 on 450° et 180°,
• Rotor interface: EA4TX on parallele port,
• Software for EA4TX: ArsWin V. 2.2.c,
• Tracking software: WXtrack v. 3.6.8.853, 2008 Feb. 22, parameters: 450° et 180°, flip. This soft is very useful with his sun test beaming to check if you did a right configuration in the tracking parameters windos (see pictures) and if yours antennas are well oriented,

CAT software:
Ham Radio Deluxe V. 4.2 for radio Doppler control.

WIMO mast pre-amplifier
X-Quad WiMo AO-51 wxtrack

My first QSO was on AO-5
with Hugo EA8HB at 19:58 TU the 2009/09/22,
during my first test after the setup of the station for an ARISS school scheduled contact.

I work these birds :

mainly AO-51, SO-50
and ARISS also when on.

 

My call signs :

in France: F4AHV
in Senegal: 6W7RV

FREE: High speed DSL
on Ethernet 100 Mbps
and WIFI in the shack
and from the bungalows.

QSL manager :
F8CMT direct or via bureau
only,
or via LoTW and eQSL.