https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ham-picks-up-signal-from-chinas-tianwen-1-mars-orbiter/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ham-picks-up-signal-from-chinas-tianwen-1-mars-orbiter/#comment-1112744 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:23:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73390#comment-1112744 I had the privilege of meeting Mr.Tilley in 2018 after his satellite presentation at a radio convention in Vancouver B.C. He has found many dead or hard to reach satellites like IMAGE and LES-5. Most of the equipment he uses is off the shelf.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ham-picks-up-signal-from-chinas-tianwen-1-mars-orbiter/#comment-1112734 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:58:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73390#comment-1112734 Yes, the full title is “Homer Simpson‘s Lifetime Ambition: The Everest of Ham”. Best quote, page 58: “I‘ll eat my way to the top, then slide down.”

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ham-picks-up-signal-from-chinas-tianwen-1-mars-orbiter/#comment-1112693 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 07:29:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73390#comment-1112693 Wasn’t there a book on 160 meter, called the Everest of Ham?

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