A Summary of the Station Equipment for
Satellite Station KE4ZXW

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Satellite Station Components

VHF/UHF Antenna System

• Hy-Gain Oscar Link Antenna, 16 Element 2-m crossed beams, selectable polarization.
• Hy-Gain Oscar Link Antenna, 30 Element 70-cm crossed beams, selectable polarization.
• Landwehr 2-m mast mounted preamp.
• Landwehr 70-cm mast mounted preamp.
• Yaseu 5400 B Antenna Dual Axis Rotator and Controls.
• 2-m transmission line - 1/2 inch hard line plus RG-213 flexible cable.
• 70-cm transmission line - 7/8 inch hard line plus RG-213 flexible cable.

VHF/UHF Station Equipment

• Yaseu 736R tranceiver with factory updates & modified for 9600 bps.
• Daiwa DLA-80 H II, UHF Power Amplifier (60 Watts maximum).
• Daiwa LA-2180 H, 2-m Power Amplifier (180 Watts maximum).
• AEA PK-96 TNC.
• Daiwa RS-40 XII Power Supply.
• Daiwa RS-5 Power Supply.
• Power distribution Box (8-ch) for Prairie Board Control, by KF4OW.
• RMSI Personal Computer, 386/387 @33MHz, 240 Mb hard drive, 4 Mb RAM.
• Antenna tracking controlled from a Prairie Board with software by W4HFZ.
• The closed-loop Doppler correction was designed by W4HFZ & WB4GCS, and constructed by KF4OW.
• Satellite programs "SATSKED" and "INSTANT TRACK" available from AMSAT-NA.

High-Frequency Station Components

HF Antenna System

• Cushcraft 9000 multiband vertical antenna, plus 80 Meter Band Kit.
• HF transmission lines - RG-213 cable.

HF Station Equipment

• Yaseu 990 Auto-tune HF tranceiver.

Glossary

The Amateur Radio hobby contains designations that might be unfamiliar to our general audience of Internet users. Perhaps the following glossary list will help explain the meanings of the equipment and specifications listing. References to The Amateur Radio Handbook will also be of great assistance.

• 2-m, - The two-meter Amateur Radio band, defined as the frequencies between 144.0 to 148.0 MHz.
• 70-cm, - The 70-centimeter Amateur Radio band, defined as the frequencies between 432.0 to 448.0 MHz.
• AMSAT-NA, - The Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation of North America.
• 8-ch, - Referring to an eight channel device.
• HF, - High Frequency, defined as the 3-30 MHz range of frequencies.
• TNC, - A terminal node controller device, used between a radio tranceiver and a personal computer for digital packet communications.
• UHF, - Ultra-High Frequency, defined as the 300-3000 MHz range of frequencies.
• VHF, - Very High Frequency, defined as the 30-300 MHz range of frequencies.