{"id":9174,"date":"2024-06-02T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T10:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=9174"},"modified":"2024-06-02T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T11:12:21","slug":"working-amateur-radio-satellites-with-limited-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/working-amateur-radio-satellites-with-limited-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Limited Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o-SL5gm8c_Q?si=MtaVMArAOzA_n5yb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nFirst in the series on how I work LEO satellites, mainly Amateur Radio on Interntation Space Station, with my limited setup. Working amateur radio satellites was my dream ever since I received my amateur radio license in 1985. But I could achieve it only in 2023. Very many thanks to Elmers on the new LEO Satellite Repeater Contact Group formed in 2023!  All the videos in this series can be accessed from a single playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLKGLaS1jEidNFYgO8D47PuBdaO3TVwQv3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First in the series on how I work LEO satellites, mainly Amateur Radio on Interntation Space Station, with my limited setup. Working amateur radio satellites was my dream ever since I received my amateur radio license in 1985. But I could achieve it only in 2023. Very many thanks to Elmers on the new LEO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amateur-radio-ham-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Limited Setup - Johnson&#039;s Techworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/working-amateur-radio-satellites-with-limited-setup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Limited Setup - Johnson&#039;s Techworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First in the series on how I work LEO satellites, mainly Amateur Radio on Interntation Space Station, with my limited setup. 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