Hi everybody, I finally did my first SSB bird this morning using VO-52. The winner is NL7VX Steven.
The experience was incredible !! Using SSB sat is a little bit tricker for beginner..... but FUN!! I will try as soon as a pass will be enough high for me.... And I will also keep learning how to tweak everything around me in my shack !! Best 73 !! J-FVA2SS P.S. VA2SS.... SS stands for SAT SAT!! Hi Hi !! 2009/8/4 Rocky Jones <orbit...@hotmail.com>: > Jean. My experience is that you will do just fine. I have used a > Lindenblad and crossed dipoles (see the QST stories) for quite a bit as > secondary/field day antennas ...and now that we have a country place outside > of Houston am setting them up here as first of antennas...they work great on > most if not all of the low orbit satellites. I even do fairly well on AO > 7. The M2 are good antennas so you shouldnt have any problems. > > I would be interested to hear about your results take care and good luck > > Robert WB5MZO > >> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:53:17 -0400 >> From: jf.va...@gmail.com >> To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org >> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 and VO-52 >> >> Hi, >> >> I would like to know if I'm dreaming, but will it be possible for me >> to use these two satellites with my pair of FT-817 running on >> SatPC32?? >> >> Am I asking too much for my 5W only radios ?? I'm using 2 Eggbeater >> antenna from M²... EB-144 and EB432 with AR² preamps on both antennas >> feed with heliax. >> >> 73 >> >> -- >> Jean-François Ménard >> VA2SS >> >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> AMSAT www.amsat.org / Member #37102 >> ARRL www.arrl.org >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > ________________________________ > Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. > Try it now. -- Jean-François Ménard VA2SS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AMSAT www.amsat.org / Member #37102 ARRL www.arrl.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
