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I guess that times just change. Internet and so forth. Compared to years back, I still say there is little activity. AMSAT pages have not been updated for over a year (main page) Almost all of the sat pages around that I have looked at are years out of date. Most of the sats on the list are inop...

Does anyone do sats much anymore?? It seems that most of the birds are inop, never hear anything on the one or two left, even ISS has been inop for a long while. Most of the sat websites are out of date, some LONG out of date. Even AMSAT seems to be pretty much inactive. Has the thrill worn...

It sure was a different world....

This is true....the dBi reference is many times misunderstood and has been purposely left out I think. There is also NO WAY that antenna can have gain in ANY direction without loss of gain in another. Antennas do not generate power. That's the whole idea of a yagi, or any other directional...

To prevent errors, always think of what powers are being compared when using antenna gain. The choices for reference power are isotropic antenna (dBi), antenna mainbeam (dB), or some other antenna (dB). 1. dBi is usually a positive number, 2. antenna mainbeam dB are almost always negative...

This film site has been around a long time and you may have seen this old film from the ww2 era. It is still very interesting and unique. It is in two parts.....enjoy some history... Voice of Victory (Part I) : Handy (Jam) Organization : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive