Satellite APRS for the backpacker pt2

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Testing the prototype

So it has been a little while since I published pt 1 - Satellite APRS for the backpacker? the Idea, and I wanted to give you a bit of an update.

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I have been testing a prototype antenna built by my good friend Andrew VK1AD with some good success now that the ISS has returned to APRS operations following a period of crossbanding.


Last night I was able to get into VK5ATN, roughly 1,100km away - not bad for my 5w handheld and the above antenna.

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