Washington DC (SPX) Mar 07, 2019 – The ARISS-US team (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) will auction two very unusual items in its first-ever auction! Picture yourself as the winning bidder and proud owner of a unique JVC Kenwood TS-890S signed by astronauts! Or, you could be top bidder on a special astronaut-signed 6-volume boxed set 2019 ARRL Handbook!
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.
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.
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