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Listening to the ISS on the Cheap (hackaday.com)
submitted 1 year ago by BenDoubleU@lemmy.world to c/hamradio@lemmy.ml
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So what do you need to talk to a $100 billion space station? As it turns out, about $60 worth of stuff will do.

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[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve never worked the ISS or a satellite but it’s on my list. Building a good yagi seems daunting. Also duplexing confuses me a bit when it comes to using my HTs

[–] drb@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've had some success using a basic tape measure yagi and a Baofeng. https://www.jpole-antenna.com/2017/02/07/build-it-2-meter-tape-measure-yagi-beam-antenna/