[amsat-bb] Re: Students call space station with home-built radio

[Sebastian]

http://www.operationfirstcontact.com/blog.htm

ICOM IC-V8000 (from Radioworld) transceiver, Hygain Two-Meter Oscar  
antenna, Yaesu G-5500 rotor.

73 de W4AS
Sebastian

On Feb 3, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Trevor wrote:

> --- On Tue, 3/2/09, Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I didn't know that Icom was selling kits.
>
> I did wonder myself, the story doesn't actually say which part of  
> the system was "home-built".
>
> Back in the 1920's Radio Amateurs build their own components  
> (resistors etc), these days things have moved on and we develop  
> systems that can embody complete transceivers as a component-part.
>
> 73 Trevor M5AKA