[amsat-bb] [Video] Satellite ground station build progress videos (video 4)

[John Brier]

I've been doing livestreams on my YouTube channel on my efforts to
build a satellite ground station. This was mentioned in ANS recently
but I haven't emailed to the list about it in a while if at all. I
just finished livestreaming the fourth video. Links to previous videos
are at the bottom of this email.

Satellite ground station build - video 4 - W4CX setup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Uz5XojX6M

This video includes footage of a local ham, Darrell, W4CX and his
satellite ground station. I learned from him so I can build my station
more easily. Other topics covered:

* How an M2 employee who saw my last livestream messaged me with
helpful information about the LEO Pack and the cross boom I should
use.

* I found pics of NS3L's sat setup on his QRZ.com profile which show
he is using almost all the same equipment as me except larger
antennas. This is great because I can learn from how he did his setup
as well. It's very clean partly because he mounted his preamps on the
crossboom instead of the mast like most people.

* I talk about how I decided not to use boards mounted to the joists
in the attic for tripod mounting but use two-by-fours instead (like
Darrell).

* Finally, there is a short mention of how I'm going to use magnets to
find out where to drill the holes in the roof.

Corrections:
At 8:25 I say "left hand and right hand cross polarization," I meant
left hand and right hand *circular polarization*.

At 12:20 I say the antenna with ringed elements is the helical... well
they are circular so it's not. Steve told me that is a new Directive
Systems 55 element super loop for 1296 he hasn't connected feedline to
yet. It wasn't in the pics on his QRZ profile but because they were
similar sized loops (since it's the same band) I got a little
confused.

There may be other issues I'll notice when I watch this again. If you
see something let me know.

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video 1 - background
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hz4bWVByDw

video 2 - buying stuff and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTnsQgFMIU

video 3 - surveying and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pp5WZRNb8Y

video 4 - W4CX setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Uz5XojX6M

73, John Brier KG4AKV