Resources

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h1. Resources

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h2. Technical Link Budget References

* [[Link Budgets]] Background Material
** "Link Budget Calculation":http://www.piscespacific.org/livesite/files/Link_Budget_Calculation.pdf
** "Tutorial on Basic Link Budget Analysis":http://www.sss-mag.com/pdf/an9804.pdf
* Example Calculations
** "KickSat Ground Station Link Budget":https://github.com/kicksat/groundstation/blob/master/Link%20Budgets.xlsx (MS Excel)
** "Jan King's AMSAT link budget +extensive+":http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/AMSAT-IARU_Link_Model_Rev2.5.3.xls (MS Excel)
* Video Tutorials
These vidoes are proof of concept video tutorials, and will be replaced with a more polished version as time permits.
** "Link Budgets Part 1, Intro to Satellite Link Budgets":https://youtu.be/WLhLYSvHmNY
** "Link Budget part 2, Transmission Segment":https://youtu.be/x8Jsyc0CYLU
** "Link Budget part 3, Trigonometry Refresher":https://youtu.be/pexhLdsp9J0
** "Link Budget part 4, Propagation Loss":https://youtu.be/nFxdoXbmURw
** "Link Budget part 5, Ground Segment":
** "Link Budget part 6, Putting It All Together":
** "Link Budget part 7, Software Solutions":


h2. ISS SSTV Links

* "SSTV activity being planned for late Dec. 2015 (Now Jan.)":http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/2015/12/sstv-activity-being-planned-for-late.html - March and April 2016 are the new target dates

h2. Software Tips and Tricks

* "Content for testing and configuring WxToImg":http://www.fredvandenbosch.nl/satellites_APT.html