ARLA/CLUSTER: "ISS scatter tests" entre a África do Sul e o Brasil em 144 MHz

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

ISS scatter tests

The South African Radio League has received news from Pieter Jacobs,
V51PJ, at Rosh Pinah, that he and Marcos Turbo, PY1MHZ, in Rio de
Janeiro are planning scatter tests from the International Space
Station (ISS) on 144 MHz.

The distance of this scatter path is 5000 km and midway distance to
the ISS is 2500 km.

He says his 2 kilowatt amplifiers have arrived, but his normal
co-axial cable will have to be replaced with a thicker co-axial cable
to handle the higher power.

Pieter will conduct his initial tests with a 10 element Yagi until
Pine ZS6OB has completed a new antenna system for him.

Fonte: The South African Radio League