Date   : Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:57:24 +0100
From   : "Charles Blackburn" <charlesb@...>
Subject: Re: Astrid satellite receiver

you may find you need a quadrafilar helix antenna but you need to know if
the beam is clockwise or anti clockwise. a QRF antenna is easy to make with
copper pipe and a bit of wood, you may find that a standard helical beam
will do, leave it with me. i'll talk to my HAM buddies wednesday night, i'll
see what I can find out for u

charles
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:41 PM
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Astrid satellite receiver


>
> An Astrid satellite receiver just landed on the doorstep (along with an
> Econet Bridge, FIT and PET - lots of rare goodies in one go!)
>
> Anyone know anything about these receivers though? Is the satellite
> still operational (I see from google that UoSAT2 was still going in 2002
> at least)? If it is, any idea what cabling and software I need, and what
> antenna? I've only got the box itself, unfortunately.
>
> Anyone got documentation?
>
> Seems a long shot that this thing can ever be made to work again, but it
> doesn't hurt to ask... :-)
>
> cheers,
>
> Jules
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