The Yaesu VR-500 works but you will need to connect to an external antenna for satcom reception. I would not expect the best results on a rubber duck. For testing you might try seeing if you can hear the Brazilian satcom pirates on 255.550 MHz. This is a good way to test your reception.
hi Brendon, thx! i know about the antenna, but what about modulation, do i just set it to SSB and pick’em up on the speaker or do i need to hook it to a PC with some decoding software?
The comms we can monitor are in NFM mode. I use a logging/recording program called ProScan, but this only works on Uniden scanners. For your radio I am not aware of any realtime logging, but you can use any free VOX recorder and park the radio on a single frequency to monitor over a length of time. ScanRec is very good for this. Here is their website: http://www.davee.com/scanrec/
BrAndon (sorry) you just sponsored my intro to UHF-sat, thanks! the VR-500 made my radio horizons broader so i am looking forwards to jumping above 30MHz. great site btw, came by from swl-nomad. 73!
Welcome fellow radio monitors and enthusiasts! Here you will find my reception logs and audio recordings for HF and SATCOM (with a focus on aviation and military) along with other interesting and odd things that have been monitored over the airwaves from my location in Southern California.
My primary HF setup includes the WinRadio G31DDC paired with magnetic loop antennas like the Wellbrook ALA1530. For UHF SATCOM, I use antennas such as the Trivec Avant AV-2011, AV-2055, and AV-2095.
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