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International Space Station. Details
You know you want to try and contact someone on the International Space Station, just one time.
Well this is how you do it.
Find out when the Space Station will orbit over South Carolina, to do that we go to this link and it will give us the dates and times.
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=United_States®ion=South_Carolina&city=Columbia#.W6QZgWhKiUk
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1/2in Type M Copper Tubing Slim Jim VHF/UHF Antenna.
This antenna with the adjustable plate for tuning can be built from type M 1/2in copper tubing for around $13 and the coax pig tail would cost around $12. The antenna, not including the coax would cost approx $25.
In the picture above I used hose clamps to clamp the coax pig …
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Mike Michaelski KK4AIF shows us his personal “roll up bag”
Mike Michaelski KK4AIF shows us his personal “roll up bag” he uses when he is deployed with the SCBC Disaster Relief Mass Feeding team. Mike has used this bag for Hurricane Matthew and Florence, he suggests we build this just to be prepared should we find ourselves in a bad situation.
You start with the …
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