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    FM Satellite Communications for Beginners: Amateur Radio for Beginners, #7
    FM Satellite Communications for Beginners: Amateur Radio for Beginners, #7
    FM Satellite Communications for Beginners: Amateur Radio for Beginners, #7
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    FM Satellite Communications for Beginners: Amateur Radio for Beginners, #7

    By Brian Schell

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    A practical, what-you-need-to-know guide to getting started making amateur radio contacts via FM radios and satellites. 

     

    All that's required to begin is a good handheld radio, an inexpensive antenna, and a smartphone. Of course, you can get complicated (and expensive) in this area of the hobby, but we're going to keep it to the basics here.

     

    Inside you'll find step-by-step tutorials on finding out where, when, and how to connect to the various "Amsat" satellites that can be accessed by amateur radio operators. The same information can be used to look up hundreds of other non-ham satellites that you can visually spot or listen to with a radio. 

     

    The sky has never been more accessible! This short book gives you a simple step-by-step walkthrough of all the options to make long-distance contacts through an inexpensive Yagi antenna using mostly free software available on the Internet and includes many screenshots and examples. The whole process is detailed, from buying (or making) an antenna to programming your radio and adjusting for Doppler shift.

     

    Once you know a few simple procedures, you can start making your first calls to individuals, ham repeaters, or world-wide talk groups. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Schell
    Release dateSep 5, 2018
    ISBN9781386652410
    FM Satellite Communications for Beginners: Amateur Radio for Beginners, #7
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    Brian Schell

    Brian Schell is a College English Instructor who has an extensive background in Buddhism and other world religions. After spending time in Japan, he returned to America where he created the immensely popular website, Daily Buddhism. For the next several years, Schell wrote extensively on applying Buddhism to real-world topics such as War, Drugs, Tattoos, Sex, Relationships, Pet Food and yes, even Horror Movies. Twitter: @BrianSchell Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/Brian.Schell Web: http://BrianSchell.com

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      FM Satellite Communications for Beginners - Brian Schell

      FM Satellite Communications for Beginners

      FM Satellite Communications for Beginners

      Shoot for the Sky… On a Budget

      Brian Schell

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      Copyright 2018 by Brian Schell.

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or any portion of it in any form.

      Written and designed by:

      Brian Schell

      brian@brianschell.com

      Version Date: September 5, 2018

      ISBN: 9781720105855

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contents

      Introduction

      Why Do This?

      Equipment

      The Process

      Other Software Tools

      Using Common FM Satellites

      Preparation Checklist

      Tips

      Next Steps: SSB and Linear Transponders

      Links and Further Reading

      About the Author

      Stay Up To Date!

      Help Me!

      Introduction

      Sputnik launched in 1957. Earth's first artificial satellite was a milestone for humanity, and it orbited the Earth for three entire weeks before its batteries died, and it burned up as it fell back to Earth. Modern satellites have improved a bit since then in longevity, power, and price. Rather than requiring a space race and the resources of nations, satellites and other payloads are launched on a regular basis, many of which are communications related.

      Still, for most people, the workings of satellites are a little mysterious, and they're often the source of unfounded paranoia. What do they do up there? Are they watching us? Can they fall on my house? Even today, these kinds of questions are still too common, as the masses direct suspicion at the mysterious government agencies and powerful corporations who control most of the satellites.

      Many of us can remember, back in the day, that many news broadcasts had the subtitle Live via satellite below the foreign correspondents. This was somewhat after Now in COLOR stopped being a thing. There was a time when satellite TV was a novelty that required a six- or eight-foot dish and cost so much that only the TV stations could afford to have them. Now, small Dish TV antennas are literally everywhere, and in many cases are cheaper to use than running a cable.

      Nearly everyone has used GPS in some fashion or watched satellite TV. Yet satellite technology still feels like a new and complicated thing, literally out of reach for most people. And using a satellite directly? Other than NASA experts and rocket scientists, who does that?

      Amateur radio enthusiasts do it, that's who!

      OSCAR 1, the first amateur satellite, was launched way back in 1961, just four years after Sputnik. Now, there are numerous radio-equipped satellites in orbit that cater specifically to hams. They're free to use, and the equipment required is easy to

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