Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I've looked at US Military Satcom before in prior videos (youtube.com/watch?v=HT2i7mFpFxM), but now I have a legit Satcom antenna to play with! This is on loan from a viewer (thanks!). It's a Trivec-Avant circularly-polarized Yagi-Uda design, also known as an X-Wing antenna. These are pretty expensive on the used market, and I'm not good enough at antenna design to build my own, so I really appreciate the loan!
You can find more info on the satellites I'm listening to at the links below:
US Fleet Satcom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Satellite_Communications_System
Russian Strela / Gonets: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strela_(satellite)
Russian Meridian system: skyriddles.wordpress.com/2022/03/10/you-can-call-me-dmitry-meyer/#more-1118
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I've looked at US Military Satcom before in prior videos (youtube.com/watch?v=HT2i7mFpFxM), but now I have a legit Satcom antenna to play with! This is on loan from a viewer (thanks!). It's a Trivec-Avant circularly-polarized Yagi-Uda design, also known as an X-Wing antenna. These are pretty expensive on the used market, and I'm not good enough at antenna design to build my own, so I really appreciate the loan!
You can find more info on the satellites I'm listening to at the links below:
US Fleet Satcom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Satellite_Communications_System
Russian Strela / Gonets: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strela_(satellite)
Russian Meridian system: skyriddles.wordpress.com/2022/03/10/you-can-call-me-dmitry-meyer/#more-1118
Saveitforparts t-shirts and other merch at saveitforparts.myspreadshop.com
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCNLRcEn78Vc62C3GkMvBgtA/join
Or support me via Patreon at patreon.com/saveitforparts
Check out gadgets and devices I like at amazon.com/shop/saveitforparts
