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NOTE: AO-40 is no longer operational. A replacement satellite, Phase 3E, is in the works. Documentation on the new satellite being built may be found at EaglePedia - the official documentation project for the Eagle ProjectEaglePedia
The article, "Phase 3D-A Satellite for All, gives some background and operating parameters of the satellite.. See also the list of other Phase 3D articles.
The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.
Note: Some of the following articles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view and print these files, you'll need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. (Version 3.0 or later required). More information here.
More on Parabolic Dish Antennas (1,927,324 bytes, PDF file)
QEX December 1995, pp. 14-22
Offset dishes, penny feeds and sun noise.
Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter -- Part 1 (3,453,395 bytes, PDF file)
QST May 1993, pp. 21-28
Narrowband 10-GHz operation -- without exotic or surplus parts -- has finally arrived for the microwave builder!
Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter -- Part 2 (1,739,257 bytes, PDF file)
QST June 1993, pp. 29-31
Designed to work with last month's 10.224-GHz local oscillator, this month's mixer, power amplifier and preamplifier round out your narrowband 10-GHz transverter.
High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-Conversion Receivers (2,785,185 bytes, PDF file)
QST January 1993, pp.32-40
The direct-conversion receiver described in August 1992 QST featured high dynamic range, low-distortion audio and super SSB filter shape factor. What more could you ask for? How about adding an image-reject mixer to that basic design for great opposite-sideband rejection?
Contact information for suppliers mentioned in the above articles should first be confirmed using TIS Address Database Search.
Advanced Receiver Research
(preamplifiers)
Down East Microwave
(antennas, transverters, preamplifiers)
Hamtronics, Inc
(435-MHz Transmit converters)
Kuhne Electronic
(transverters)
MCM Electronics
("Perfect 10" DDS antennas)
Parabolic AB
(antennas, transverters, preamplifiers)
R. Myers Communications
(antennas, downconverters, preamplifiers)
SSB Electronic USA
(antennas, transverters, preamplifiers)
AMSAT
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
The View From Below
Thoughts on Phase 3D groundstation requirements.
You can get a photocopy of any ARRL published article for $3 ($5 for nonmembers) for each article requested. Contact the ARRL Technical Department (reprints@arrl.org ), 1-860-594-0390) if you wish to get photocopies.
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