Collapsible fabric yagi antenna

Diana Eng KC2UHB has developed a collapsible fabric Yagi for portable amateur radio satellite operation.

In MAKE: magazine she writes

One of my favorite ham radio activities is making contacts on satellites. It's really fun to know that you're controlling something that's receiving and sending communications from space. But communicating with satellites means carrying a big Yagi antenna around. So, I decided to use my fashion sewing skills to make a collapsible fabric Yagi antenna that's much easier to transport.

Read the MAKE: magazine article at
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/
collapsible_fabric_yagi_antenna.html

Diana Eng KC2UHB has also written an article aimed at newcomers to Amateur satellites that covers:
Finding out when to listen
Finding the frequency
Aiming a whip antenna
Following the pass with the antenna
Tuning the radio for the Doppler effect

Read 'Catching satellites on ham radio' at
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/
catching_satellites_on_ham_radio.html

Getting started on Amateur Radio Satellites PDF
http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/408/168/

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