Satellite Amateur Satellite Antennas

Satellite Amateur Satellite Antennas


::::::::Low Cost Satellite Antennas::::

Materials to build satellite antennas can sometimes be found among junk most people would throw away. An old broken-off car radio antenna I found lying in the street became the vertical element of a two meter 5/8 wave groundplane for mode A and T. Four wire clothes hangers became the radials. Likewise all the remaining components were "salvaged" from other junk I had collected here and there. I used this simple matching networ.
Antennas
Antique Radios
CB Radio
Contesting

DX Resources
FRS and GMRS
Ham Radio
Internet and Radio
Manufacturers
Operating Aids
Operating Modes
Propagation
Radio Equipment
Radio Scanning
Shopping and Services
Shortwave Radio
Software
Technical Reference


Antennas
Antique Radios
CB Radio
Contesting
DX Resources
FRS and GMRS
Ham Radio
Internet and Radio
Manufacturers
Operating Aids
Operating Modes
Propagation
Radio Equipment
Radio Scanning
Shopping and Services
Shortwave Radio
Software
Technical Reference
Skycasters provides high speed satellite Internet access throughout North and Central America to customers who need more than traditional terrestrial landlines.

They provide service through fixed, mobile and transportable equipment to a wide spectrum of customers concerned with disaster response; oil, gas & mining; business continuity, remote and telemedicine applications. Mobile solutions include Skycasters rugged ready-to-deploy trailer and other turn-key equipment that can be easily mounted on a truck or a RV.


History of satellite communication
1945 Arthur C. Clarke publishes an essay about „Extra
Terrestrial Relays“
1957     first satellite SPUTNIK
1960 first reflecting communication satellite ECHO
1963  first geostationary satellite SYNCOM
1965 first commercial geostationary satellite Satellit „Early Bird“
(INTELSAT I): 240 duplex telephone channels or 1 TV
channel, 1.5 years lifetime
1976 three MARISAT satellites for maritime communication
1982 first mobile satellite telephone system INMARSAT-A
1988 first satellite system for mobile phones and data
communication INMARSAT-C
1993 first digital satellite telephone system
1998 global satellite systems for small mobile phone.










Satellite Amateur Satellite Antennas