satellite communications with HT

[Geekster]

Thought some new or aspiring hams may find this interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HfvmU_utI8

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

AO-51 is an easy bird to make contacts through. I have had several either while mobile or with the HT and a Cushcraft A270-10 dual band yagi. It's fun to try but I just never gained a great interest in it.

 

[C2]

what is CM99?

 

[74IN]

Grid location.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

The world is divided into grids 1 degree by 2 degrees and those are used as a grid coordinate locator system. I am located in FN75 or to be even more precise FN75vb.

http://www.arrl.org/locate/gridinfo.html

 

[KingCobra_CDX882]

he has some good videos

 

[novakor]

Great video........Grid square Delta Mike 09 here