Transverter Design / ISS Communications



Dick WA2AAU gave a presentation on the Design and Fabrication of Transverters.
Covered were considerations of frequency shift, the sub-units involved, PC board layouts, and hardware constraints.
He also brought along some components and completed units.

Dick WA2AAU






John WA1ZHM and Rick KA1SON gave a presentation about the past week's activities on the International Space Station.
Both made voice contacts with Richard Garriott W5KWQ, a paying private visitor onboard.
They showed the tracking software used, talked about radios and antennas used, played audio clips of various passes and displayed Slow Scan images downlinked by Garriott.


John WA1ZHM and Rick KA1SON

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