Barry: No ping jockey live chat that I know of. There are several email lists & forums. See AF5CC's suggestion - www.amsat.org. Also the AMSAT-UK folks at amsat-uk.org. There are links on both sites
Check how much current the rotor controller draws. For Field Day, I use a small 12v-110v inverter to power the satellite station's Yaesu 5400 Az/El. I don't think a small rover-class rotor would be w
I have an old Kenwood TR-751A 2M multimode (25/5W 144-148 MHz). Rig has tone board (3rd-party), TX works fine, and (sigh) also has developed the SQL/RF gain control failure (probably from sitting unu
Starting to assemble a 222 Mhz station - using an FT817 as a 28MHz IF and one of the made-in-Ukraine transverters that are available on ebay. I can receive my VX8 HT and will try local repeaters once
I have a chance to get Hawaii for satellite WAS in late December. The path will be near the max distance for an AO-7 Qso, from BK29gq to somewhere within 50 miles of FM18hx. I'm looking for recommend