WRAPS Portable Satellite Antenna Rotator System – Copyright ARRL
In the first of four videos, Mark Spencer, WA8SME, explains the operation of the amateur radio WRAPS antenna rotor system.
The WRAPS system points a lightweight antenna towards a passing amateur radio satellite (or weather or other satellite), facilitating the capture of telemetry or participation in conversations via satellite.
The remaining three WRAPS videos demonstrate the operation of WRAPS to capture telemetry from the FUNcube satellite using the SatPC32 software and the FUNcube Dashboard.
Watch WRAPS Antenna Rotor System Introduction Video 1
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p5XiZ_IA98]
Watch WRAPS Setup for a Pass Video 2
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAlqExKjFVs]
WRAPS FUNCube Pass Video 3
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4RRigoW3w]
WRAPS FUNCube Telemetry Overview Video 4
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMUYre5tS1E]
Thanks to the ARRL and WA8SME a PDF of the QST article on the WRAPS antenna rotor system can be downloaded from
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/12/wraps-a-portable-satellite-antenna-rotator-system/
Other satellite videos are available on the AMSAT-NA YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/AMSATNA/videos