{"id":240366,"date":"2016-04-07T13:59:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T17:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=28612"},"modified":"2016-04-07T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T17:59:26","slug":"geostationary-geosynchronous-ham-radio-satellite-transponders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=240366","title":{"rendered":"Geostationary \/ Geosynchronous ham radio satellite transponders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Possible coverage of a Geosynchronous satellite at 74 degrees West – Credit NX5R<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

EngineerIT magazine reports<\/a> on the quest by radio amateurs to get transponders on geostationary satellites.<\/p>\n

\"Coverage<\/p>\n

Coverage area of Es’hail 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The article quotes President of AMSAT DL, Peter G\u00fclzow DB2OS<\/strong>, and describes the transponders planned for the geostationary Es\u2019Hail-2 satellite, expected to be operational in 2017 at 26 degrees East.<\/p>\n

Also mentioned is a project to build a transponder for a US satellite which could be in a geosynchronous orbit around 74 degrees West.<\/p>\n

Read the EngineerIT article at
\nhttp:\/\/www.ee.co.za\/article\/radio-amateurs-quest-geostationary-satellites.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Es\u2019Hail-2 http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/satellites\/geosynchronous\/eshail-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

What is a Geosynchronous orbit ? http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/satellites\/geosynchronous\/<\/a><\/p>\n

NC5R Phase 4 Update for Palomar Amateur Radio Club November 4, 2015
\nhttp:\/\/www.ntms.org\/files\/Feb2016\/PARC_4on4.pdf<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2015\/11\/08\/geosynchronous-ham-radio-project-video\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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EngineerIT magazine reports on the quest by radio amateurs to get transponders on geostationary satellites. The article quotes President of AMSAT DL, Peter Gülzow DB2OS, and describes the transponders planned for the geostationary Es’Hail-2 satellite, expected to be operational in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240366"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240414,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240366\/revisions\/240414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}