Tag Archives: Satellite

New Ham Boot Camp

The Nashua Area Radio Society is starting a new program called New Ham Boot Camp.  This will be a series of events to help you get on the air with your Amateur Radio License.  You are invited to the first event, which will be held this Saturday, March 9th at Fred, AB1OC and Anita, AB1QB’s QTH and will include the following:

The event will be from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 9th.  A light lunch will be provided.

If you are interested in attending, please email me at [email protected].  If you would like help with programming your HT, please email me the Make and Model.

Keith, KC1IMK working the Satellites with Fred, AB1OC
Keith, KC1IMK working the Satellites with Fred, AB1OC

Some of the follow-on events will include the following.  We’ll update the dates and places as we finalize the plans.

TopicsDate
HT Programming
Getting Started with Echolink
Join the Repeater Net
Fox Hunting
Shack Open House and Tour at AB1OC/AB1QB
Saturday, March 9th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Satellite Operating Session
Learn to Operate Digital
HF GOTA
SOTA (Summits on the Air) Intro
Saturday March 16th
starting After the NARS Breakfast (Around 10:00 am) to 2:00 pm
How to pick a Radio
Commercial Antenna Options
Group Trip to Ham Radio Outlet in Salem with Elmers
Tuesday March 19th
Build an Antenna for VHF/UHF
How to pick an antenna and tune it up
TBD
How to setup an HF Station
HF Radio Choices
Building, tuning, and putting up a first HF Antenna
Getting on 6 meters
Mobile HF
TBD
New Ham Contest (ARRL Rookie Roundup SSB)Sunday, April 14th
Hands-on Field Day VisitFriday - Sunday June 21st - 23rd
Join the Spring HAB LaunchMay / June TBD
N1FD Multi-Op team at 2018 Rookie Roundup SSB
N1FD Multi-Op team at 2018 Rookie Roundup SSB

We also have many on the air activities planned to help you use the skills that you get through the bootcamp.  See Get Active! for more information.

Group Trip to HRO
Group Trip to HRO

We hope to see our newly licensed members at Ham Radio Boot Camp and then hear you on the air!

Satellite Station 4.0 Enhancements – Tower Camera and a J Mode Filter

It is winter here in New England and it is not the best time of year to work outdoors. Despite the weather, I have been able to complete a few finishing touches on our new Satellite and 6m Tower. We’ve added a Tower Camera to enable us to view the operation of our antennas from our home or remotely. We also added a J Mode desensitization filter to improve operation with VU mode satellites such as SO-50 and FO-29. You can read more and view some sample vide from the IP camera via the link below.

Source: Satellite Station 4.0 Part 4 – Tower Camera and J Mode Desensitization Filter

Fred, AB1OC

Satellite Station 4.0 Part 3 – Antenna Integration and Testing

Sometimes we learn from problems and mistakes. We all go through this from time to time. It is part of the learning aspect of Amateur Radio.

Satellite Station Integration

My most recent experience came while integrating our new Satellite Antennas into our station…

Source: Satellite Station 4.0 Part 3 – Antenna Integration and Testing

Our 4.0 Satellite Antenna Array and new our 6 m Yagi are up on the tower and working with our Portable Satellite Station 3.0.

We had some early life problems to work through to get to this stage in our project.  Initial testing revealed a defect in some of the equipment and a wiring error at one of the antennas. We rented a 50 ft Boom Lift to take the antennas back down to correct the problems.

The antennas are back up and all of the controls systems and feed lines are complete and connected to the station. The new station is performing quite well. You can read about the project and the initial performance testing via the link above.

Fred, AB1OC

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