Media Summary: Our sponsor PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, We send digital commands to the spacecraft. We can even hear ... We return our modified NASA transmitter and receiver to their original We fix our Updata Link Test box by solving the mystery of the missing analog components. We X-ray mysterious Motorola modules ...

Apollo Comms Part 14 Reverse - Detailed Analysis & Overview

Our sponsor PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, We send digital commands to the spacecraft. We can even hear ... We return our modified NASA transmitter and receiver to their original We fix our Updata Link Test box by solving the mystery of the missing analog components. We X-ray mysterious Motorola modules ... We found our missing S-band transmitter! Can we make it work? We are treated to a very special tour of the nearby Stanford dish, and find evidence of its participation to the Important step to get right! We figure out the 120V 400 Hz 3 phase power connections and the power supply control relays from ...

Thanks to ElectroRent, we get a big pile of modern Keysight test instruments, and recreate a full We open the Collins Pre Modulation Processor, in anticipation for powering it up. And it's Marcel rescued a mystery box from the scrapper. Says "Up-Data" on it, we think it's from the We demonstrate a locked bidirectional link between Earth and our We take a closer look at the S-Band transponder from the

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Apollo Comms Part 14: Reverse Engineering NASA's Up Data Link test box
Apollo Comms Part 13: We successfully repair both our NASA transmitter and receiver!
Apollo Comms Part 15: Combining Voice, Data and Ranging
Apollo Comms Part 18: Solving the mystery of NASA's Updata Link box missing parts
Apollo Comms Part 11: Missing PM Transmitter Found!
Apollo Comms Part 16: Stanford Dish’s Apollo Past
Apollo Comms Part 10: Apollo SDR reboot and first voice transmission!
Apollo Comms Part 4: Transponder power up preparation, and more original equipment found.
Apollo Comms Part 12: Building an Apollo transmit station with Keysight instruments
Apollo Comms Part 17: Opening the Pre-Modulation Processor
Apollo Comms Part 9: Mystery Up-Data Link Test Set
Apollo Comms Part 6: First tone transmission, to the Moon and back!
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Apollo Comms Part 14: Reverse Engineering NASA's Up Data Link test box

Apollo Comms Part 14: Reverse Engineering NASA's Up Data Link test box

Our sponsor PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, https://www.pcbway.com We send digital commands to the spacecraft. We can even hear ...

Apollo Comms Part 13: We successfully repair both our NASA transmitter and receiver!

Apollo Comms Part 13: We successfully repair both our NASA transmitter and receiver!

We return our modified NASA transmitter and receiver to their original

Apollo Comms Part 15: Combining Voice, Data and Ranging

Apollo Comms Part 15: Combining Voice, Data and Ranging

We demonstrate the full

Apollo Comms Part 18: Solving the mystery of NASA's Updata Link box missing parts

Apollo Comms Part 18: Solving the mystery of NASA's Updata Link box missing parts

We fix our Updata Link Test box by solving the mystery of the missing analog components. We X-ray mysterious Motorola modules ...

Apollo Comms Part 11: Missing PM Transmitter Found!

Apollo Comms Part 11: Missing PM Transmitter Found!

We found our missing S-band transmitter! Can we make it work?

Apollo Comms Part 16: Stanford Dish’s Apollo Past

Apollo Comms Part 16: Stanford Dish’s Apollo Past

We are treated to a very special tour of the nearby Stanford dish, and find evidence of its participation to the

Apollo Comms Part 10: Apollo SDR reboot and first voice transmission!

Apollo Comms Part 10: Apollo SDR reboot and first voice transmission!

We use an SDR radio to talk to our

Apollo Comms Part 4: Transponder power up preparation, and more original equipment found.

Apollo Comms Part 4: Transponder power up preparation, and more original equipment found.

Important step to get right! We figure out the 120V 400 Hz 3 phase power connections and the power supply control relays from ...

Apollo Comms Part 12: Building an Apollo transmit station with Keysight instruments

Apollo Comms Part 12: Building an Apollo transmit station with Keysight instruments

Thanks to ElectroRent, we get a big pile of modern Keysight test instruments, and recreate a full

Apollo Comms Part 17: Opening the Pre-Modulation Processor

Apollo Comms Part 17: Opening the Pre-Modulation Processor

We open the Collins Pre Modulation Processor, in anticipation for powering it up. And it's

Apollo Comms Part 9: Mystery Up-Data Link Test Set

Apollo Comms Part 9: Mystery Up-Data Link Test Set

Marcel rescued a mystery box from the scrapper. Says "Up-Data" on it, we think it's from the

Apollo Comms Part 6: First tone transmission, to the Moon and back!

Apollo Comms Part 6: First tone transmission, to the Moon and back!

We demonstrate a locked bidirectional link between Earth and our

Apollo Comms Part 3: Inside the S-Band Transponder

Apollo Comms Part 3: Inside the S-Band Transponder

We take a closer look at the S-Band transponder from the