23 hours ago
This is a photo of my old, long gone, Inmarsat system built back in 1991 just before Desert Storm #1 - antenna was pointing at 64E Inmarsat IOR used by the CNN crew for live reporting from Baghdad. Tin can feed and FET LNA with 2 MMIC's after for line driver, AOR3000 RX. https://t.co/PIawDxz0Tl
24 hours ago
Parker Solar Probe X-Band downlink, huge signal as expected on 8430.952MHz, dish 25% obscured by local obstructions and elevation currently 11.28 degrees. https://t.co/RSSUqomPDo
1 day ago
When you observe a rogue AERO terminal.... I won't mention the particular airline/aircraft that caused so many call attempts in a short period of time... but let's just say it's on my do not fly list. https://t.co/tQmhNmPqA5
2 days ago
Last shot of Paker Solar Probe for tonight. Noise from my horizon starting to creep up. SNR came up a bit, but still not quite out of the woods. https://t.co/7kRp1ND59J
Tag Archives: X-Band
X-Band System is Operational
After a few months of pulling together some key surplus X-Band equipment, USA-Satcom is happy to report successful first signals from both WGS-1 and DSCS-3 satellites. Here are a couple of screenshots of X-Band waveforms from WGS-1 and DSCS-3. Additional … Continue reading
RSI Vertex X-Band Downconverter
This is an X-Band Downconverter project using some surplus RSI Vertex equipment currently on the used market. The downconverter will be used to receive signals from 7250-7750 MHz and down convert them to L-Band 950-1450 MHz. More information is available here.
