I have long been interested in satellites, and I really want to communicate on
them, particulary the CubeSats. Most of the tutorials I have seen have nerds
standing in their huge yards, their HTs at 90 degree angles and following the
birds, or using a home brewed PVC yagi that looks like an attack weapon.
This is impractical since I want to do digital decoding and transmissions
(AX.25, QAV, etc) and it would not be ideal to be manually waving antennas
around in the sky.
Also, I live in a huge and restrictive condo community (I know, I know, I plan
to move). So I can't really be standing out in the driveways with my gear all
set up, and there's no way I can put up any antenna towers or anything on the
roof.
I feel like I have no options.
But ideally, I'd love to do something similar to a long wire, or even something
on my small patio. I don't have much view of the sky, so the antenna would have
to be able to pick up the signal through some small buildings.
Am I left with any choices? I'm willing to throw money at this.
Knight
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