Category Archives: Satellites

Yaesu G-5500 Fault

Posted on August 4, 2019 by

  About two weeks ago my Yaesu G-5500 rotator controller developed a strange fault. The Azimuth (AZ) meter would not display correctly, the Elevation (EL) meter was working fine. The AZ meter showed only ~20 degrees but the EME antennas … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog, EME, Satellites

Homemade Satellite Antenna

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

I was at one time quite active on the early OSCAR satellites. In those days (I’m going back over 35+ years) it was 2m to 10m linear transponder(s). Having not done anything with satellite communications for such a long time … Continue reading →

Posted in 70cms, Blog, Satellites