Equipment used for ARISS contact
PRIMARY STATION:
Antenna:
144 MHz XPOL Low Noise Yagi Antenna 16 Element PA144-XPOL-16-4.5B
XPOL Antenna Phase Calculator
Low-‐loss coax: Rosenberger RTK-400 50m
LNA: SSB electronics SP-2000
Transceiver: Icom IC-910h
Antenna rotator: Yaesu G5500
Rotator interface: ERC-M USB
Tracking software: Orbitron and SatPC32
BACKUP STATION:
Antenna: Diamond X-50
Low-‐loss coax: Rosenberger RTK-400 50m
Transceiver: Kenwood TS-2000
UPS: BX1400U-G
Power generator: Honda EU2000i