{"id":209,"date":"2020-04-02T05:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T10:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rawding.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2023-09-25T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:50:12","slug":"getting-back-on-the-sats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Getting back on the sats!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Going to get back on the sats and maybe some EME. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My sat system will be centered around a dedicated iMac, Yaesu FT-847, Yaesu 800DXA and G500 rotors, ERC-M rotor controller and Gulf Alpha circular polarized yagis on 144 and 432.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/s-l640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/s-l640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/s-l640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yaesu FT-847<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4\/10 update: finished putting together the ERC rotor control boards. and hooking them to the ERC-M.  This allows MacDoppler to control both the elevation and azimuth of my sat antennas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7392.png 600w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7392-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rotor card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7357.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7357.png 600w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7357-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ERC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"240\" data-id=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/t_erc_m_slimline1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\"\/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><br>Rotor control<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rotors-1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rotors-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rotors-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rotors-1-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rotors-1-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was very lucky to find new in the box Gulf Alpha antennas!  A guy about 30 min from me had them and never put them together.  He let them go very cheap!  These are legendary satellite antennas and I&#8217;m happy to have scored them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" data-id=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-Meter-5x5cp-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2m 5&#215;5 CP antenna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" data-id=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/70cm8x8cpthumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">.70cm 8&#215;8 CP antenna<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Gulf Alpha sat antennas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything is installed on a 10 ft section of Rohn 25 and a 10 ft mast.  Feeding the antennas with 7\/8 hardline to a diplexer and then 10 ft of LMR-400 flex to the antennas.  The white box has a ARR preamp for 432 MHz but it&#8217;s not yet online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sat-antennas-974x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sat-antennas-974x1024.png 974w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sat-antennas-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sat-antennas-768x807.png 768w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sat-antennas-1461x1536.png 1461w, https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sat-antennas-1948x2048.png 1948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far been able to work a number of sats.  The International Space Station has been the easiest requiring almost no effort.  More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going to get back on the sats and maybe some EME. My sat system will be centered around a dedicated iMac, Yaesu FT-847, Yaesu 800DXA and G500 rotors, ERC-M rotor controller and Gulf Alpha circular polarized yagis on 144 and 432. 4\/10 update: finished putting together the ERC rotor control boards. and hooking them to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/?p=209\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Getting back on the sats!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio","category-satellite","tag-satelite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/n1ofz.rawding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}