Category: Amateur Radio (Ham Radio)

Every amateur radio satellite operator is excited over the launch of MESAT-1 scheduled for 27 June 2024. It will be launched on a Firefly Aerospace “Alpha” rocket into

I have been able to work FM satellites fairly well with my limited setup for LEO Satellite operations. Diwata-2, the Philippine microsatellite launched in 2018, known among amateur

Some of you would have noted narrow band FM in the settings of your radio. Others would have read that certain amateur radio satellites are better worked with

First time I saw a cubical quad antenna was decades back, on the rooftop of a VU ham friend. It was a two element cubical quad for 20m

Today morning I tried to work the 9.20 am IST (0350z) pass of LAPAN A-2 (IO-86). It was a nice pass with over 40 degrees maximum elevation in

Yesterday, I elevated two supports, S2 and S3 in the figure, of my end fed half wave antenna which had been mounted on a slanting V configuration, by