Sorry for the newbie question....I can get a cached look at it from a Google crawl on 3/28/08, but http://www.ao27.org <http://www.ao27.org> times out in my...
Hi Mark! ... It didn't appear to work yesterday, but the site is up this afternoon. The important page on there for knowing when the AO-27 repeater will be...
I've made many sat contacts with my VX-2R but am thinking about upgrading to something with 5 watts output. I used a borrowed IC-W32A and Swan Island and it...
... Hi Bill, I worked you a couple of times when you were in Honduras on my FT-60. I like it for satellite contacts (and everything else). I've never used a...
Hi Bill! ... If "sat-friendly" means "full-duplex capable", there is only one in current production - the Kenwood TH-D7. Otherwise you are left to use memory...
I dont know of any handheld that is full duplex. You might have to use 2 handhelds and a filter on the uhf downlink to cut down the desensing depending on how...
Andrew, Can the FT-530 and/or FT-470 work cross-band in non-duplex mode? I had an IC-W2A (predecessor to the IC-W32A) and it worked great for full duplex sat ...
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Apr 4, 2008 4:03 am
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I uplaoded my white paper on the best Walkie-Talkies to operate the LEO Amateur satellites. You can access this file at the URL: http://groups. yahoo.com/...
Dan, Thanks for uploading the paper, very helpful. Guess no one rig can please everyone, but what is it about the FT-530 that makes it "very awkward to...
Bill I have been using FT530 for many years but on satellite for the last 12 months. is really easy to use once you have channels programed for both VFO's. you...
Hi Rafael and Bill, That’s the issue with the FT-530, and it’s the same with the Alinco DJ-580. They are both very good radios for full duplex. If you are...
You mean you have to switch to the receive VFO and then switch back to the uplink VFO every time we need to make a Doppler correction? It's not cold here in ...
2340 UTC 4 APR 2008, AO-51 FM crossband QSO, with N5UXT. It felt just like my first ever QSO with W2YLZ in May of 1977 on 7120 kHz (the old CW Novice segment...
Dan I did not know that the Arrow duplexer has so much loss on UHF? That concerns me. I just got the antenna, and was thinking the loss was only around 1dB. ...
... From KI0AG's measurements of the arrow duplexer, it looks like 1.4 db or less loss on the 70cm frequencies. See here: http://www.k0lee.com/ki0agmd.doc I...
Hi Mark! ... Congratulations! ... Another 5W FM satellite station at work... :-) ... Angelo is a long-time satellite operator, and not even the extreme...
Hi. I just joined. I want to build or buy an az-el rotator that I can permanently mount on a pipe stub I've already permanently installed on the roof of my...
... Good timing by UPS delivering that antenna just before the pass! So you were operating indoors? Were you pointing out a window or just aiming it up at...
Working on similar lines to you Vester, I think what we need is someone to work out an easy way for small satellite dish acctuators to be used that will do...
Has anyone tried using two tv antenna rotors? Mounted one on the other could use one for azimuth and then the other to tilt the antenna for elevation at the...
Congratulations! Welcome to the satelite club. I know how it feels, I had my 1st contact less than a month ago. I too am hooked, find myself wanting a "fixed"...
Has anyone made their own 2 meter 70cm circular polarized antennas ? I am still working on the AZ/EL rotor project that was in QST a few years ago. Jerry...
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Can anyone recommend a contact logging software that is well suited for satellits contacts? K7BLH Barry...
Let me add my congrats and welcome to the club also! My first QSO was just three weeks ago today with W7JPI and I agree it can become very addicting. Patrick,...
I just ended up using a spreadsheet. This allows you to choose what items you think are important. Patrick, WD9EWK, gave me the idea. I also, about once a...
Hi! The day is finally at an end. I started out this morning working an 89-degree elevation AO-51 pass just after 1500 UTC (0800 local) from a city park in...
Gus, Steve, jerry, et al Here's the N1BUG az-el position indicator, which he's explained very well: http://www.g1ogy.com/www.n1bug.net/tech/antposn.html. Maybe...
