Satellite Communication I have just begun the space communication in November 2005. Since I live in an apartment house and I can not set up the permanent antenna, an arrow antenna is the one of the best antenna for a space communication for me. I set the arrow antenna to a tripod and set it up at a balcony when I QRV. I am using FT-857D as a transmitter and FT-817ND as a receiver from my house and FT-7800R as a transmitter and VX-2R as a receiver in my car. I am active on AO-7, AO-27, FO-29, SO-50, AO-51, and VO-52. Equipment for the Satellite Communication Base Station * It is not a portable station... Yes, it is my base station. 2m and 70cm RIG FT-857D, FT-817ND, VX-2R, and FT-7800R Antennas Arrow Antenna 13cm Downconverter California Amplifier MMDS Model 130016 with mod. Antennas VA-24-16 Vagi Antenna (16dBi) YSC-HG2424G (24dBi) - BBQ Antenna 10M Antenna Valor PHF10 QSO's Satellite Mode QSO's AO-7 Mode-A 2 AO-7 Mode-B 20 AO-27 V/U 23 FO-29 Mode-J 22 SO-50 V/U 25 AO-51 V/U 34 AO-51 V/S 2 VO-52 V/U 14 ISS Repeater 1 *As of 23-May-06 Cute-1.7+APD Cute-1.7+APD Reception reports