As a companion piece to this post, I suggest watching CuriousMarc's still-in-progress series "Apollo S-Band Communications" at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?

As a companion piece to this post, I suggest watching CuriousMarc's still-in-progress series "Apollo S-Band Communications" at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb58SXL-BCv4rVHL-8GuC2WGb https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb58SXL-BCv4r... You can see the equipment from this post being tested and used!