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Ham Radio Photos (1975 to 1991)

Read Chapter 6 Summary for a synopsis of the author's amateur radio and other actives during this period of his life.
The solid-state shortwave amateur receiver designed and built by the author (1976).

Above: Closeup of the author's shortwave dipole antenna in El Sobrante, California (1978).

Right: Full view of antenna (top wires), guy wires, and mast. The lower four lines support the mast. The author has spoken to over 150 countries with this antenna.
 

The author and his amateur radio satellite station (1990). The station is composed of home-built, kit-built, and modified commercial gear that are all interconnected and computer controlled. This station can communicate with other amateurs through amateur satellites, as well as automatically upload and download files from amateur satellites.


Satellite antennas built by the author (1987). The computer-controlled antennas automatically track satellites from horizon to horizon.

Two Lindenblad satellite antennas (left- and right-hand circular polarized) designed and built by the author (1991).
The author wrote a series of articles that were published in the amateur radio satellite magazines AMSAT Journal (USA) and OSCAR News (UK) on how to build and upgrade amateur radio satellite stations. Some of these article can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/articles/w6shp/w6shp.html

For more information on amateur satellites, go to: http://www.amsat.org/ and http://www.uk.amsat.org/

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