kc9cra
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I've never monitored satellites before. I've never had a scanner that picked up the band with most of the military satellites in it. I haven't gotten around to reading the entire wiki about it, so I can't say that other satellites are unreceivable. In fact, the vhf ones are definitly in range, but I would probably need a parabolic (dish) antenna, right? I read somewhere that some of the amateur satellites can be picked up with a whip like on a handheld, but others are probably harder to pick up.
Either way, getting to the point. ON this forum, I read all the time about pirates on the satellites. Are there really that many illegal operators on the band? Are they radio geeks like us with less regard for the rules, or what kind of folks are they? I know this an international thing, so I'm sure it involves drama from another country like resistance fighters/gurillas, etc, but it would be interesting to know what that's all about.
Either way, getting to the point. ON this forum, I read all the time about pirates on the satellites. Are there really that many illegal operators on the band? Are they radio geeks like us with less regard for the rules, or what kind of folks are they? I know this an international thing, so I'm sure it involves drama from another country like resistance fighters/gurillas, etc, but it would be interesting to know what that's all about.