[net.ham-radio] Satellite Equipment query

gopstein@topaz.ARPA (Gopstein) (05/14/85)

  I am interested in purchasing some satellite equipment soon.
My interests lie initially with listening to oscar 10,11, but
I will eventually want to transmit also.  My question is:
what equipment is worth considering?

  I don't want to spend a large amount of money, so I was considering
the TEN TEC 2510(b) which (I believe) is a 2M -> 10M converter and
a multimode 440Mhz transmitter.  Does anyone have any information
about it?

  Are there any recommendations for antennae, rotors, preamps?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.



Rich Gopstein
RCA Solid State Technology Center
Somerville, NJ