Overview

HAMSAT

Since the launch of Sputnik back in 1957, radio amateurs have been listening to artificial satellites orbiting above the Earth. A mere four years after the launch of Sputnik, radio amateurs put their own satellite into orbit, thus beginning a series of amateur satellite launches that continues over 50 years later with the CubeSat operations of today. "HAMSAT: Amateur Radio Satellites Explained" offers details of what you need to know about amateur radio satellite operation.

This 128-page paperback begins with the history of the OSCAR (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio) program, detailing the various incarnations from Oscar 1 in 1961 through to the present day. The book explains what's needed in an amateur radio ground station, from the antenna to the receiver. You'll find rotator information for tracking the satellite, designs for pre-amplifiers, and all manner of technical detail. There's a chapter dedicated to the ground station antennas, sharing the performance of many commercially available systems—and information on The Endless Dilemma of Polarization. You can read about Ground-Space-Ground Propagation, the Doppler Effect, Keplerian Elements; plus suitable transceivers, software, recent developments in this exciting field, and much more.

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