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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6>Collapsible fabric yagi antenna</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Diana Eng KC2UHB</STRONG> has developed a
collapsible fabric Yagi for portable amateur radio satellite
operation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>In MAKE: magazine she writes</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>One of my favorite ham radio activities is making contacts
on satellites. It's really fun to know that you're controlling something that's
receiving and sending communications from space. But communicating with
satellites means carrying a big Yagi antenna around. So, I decided to use my
fashion sewing skills to make a collapsible fabric Yagi antenna that's much
easier to transport.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the MAKE: magazine article at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/collapsible_fabric_yagi_antenna.html"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/<BR>collapsible_fabric_yagi_antenna.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Diana Eng KC2UHB has also written an article aimed at
newcomers to Amateur satellites that covers:<BR>Finding out when to
listen<BR>Finding the frequency<BR>Aiming a whip antenna<BR>Following the pass
with the antenna<BR>Tuning the radio for the Doppler effect</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read 'Catching satellites on ham radio' at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/catching_satellites_on_ham_radio.html"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/catching_satellites_on_ham_radio.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Getting started on Amateur Radio Satellites
PDF<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/408/168/"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/408/168/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>AMSAT-UK publishes a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News,
which is full of Amateur Satellite information.<BR>Join online at </FONT><A
href="https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/</FONT></A></P></BODY></HTML>