Snooping On US & Russian Satcom With Military Surplus Antenna

saveitforparts • April 23, 2025

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Video Description

I've looked at US Military Satcom before in prior videos (https://www.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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Satellite_Communications_System Russian Strela / Gonets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strela_(satellite) Russian Meridian system: https://skyriddles.wordpress.com/2022/03/10/you-can-call-me-dmitry-meyer/#more-1118 Saveitforparts t-shirts and other merch at https://saveitforparts.myspreadshop.com/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNLRcEn78Vc62C3GkMvBgtA/join Or support me via Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/saveitforparts Check out gadgets and devices I like at https://www.amazon.com/shop/saveitforparts