AO-40 (sobsob) every once in a great while I'll throw a little RF at it, just in case.
73 Bob W7LRD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art McBride" <kc6...@cox.net> To: w...@montana.com, amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:10:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: My $0.02 worth While we are collecting cents! AO-40 a HEO was available for up to 12 hours each pass. Doppler and antenna pointing happened slowly for most of the pass. I had one antenna on a step ladder the other on a tripod. A slight adjustment every half hour was all that was needed. I worked 10 foreign countries and all across the US. I could set up and work at my leisure as many Stations as I wanted to. 1/2 to one hour QSO's were common. It was not rush and set up your gear have a 5 minute hair raising QSO experience, controlling Doppler on two frequencies using one knob, or throwing out a perfectly good operating radio because the computer control doesn't work. Art, KC6UQH -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Larry Gerhardstein Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:58 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] My $0.02 worth I don't feel a bit sorry for those who gripe on this BB about there not being enough HEO birds, too many FM birds (operators), not enough linear transponders, or the like. Yesterday, I encountered a nice FO-29 pass with maxEL about 60 degrees here at my QTH. I heard no one, yet I could hear my CW/SSB downlink signal from the bird loud and clear. For awhile the footprint covered the entire 48 state region. I thus called CQ for nearly 15 minutes, but no one (that's zero, na-da) came back to my calls. Then later there was a good VO-52 pass and I did manage to work N6PAA, very good clear SSB signals both ways. But during the 10-15 minutes of that pass, I heard no one else in a QSO or calling CQ etc. I think before we start making complaints about the current state of affairs, we seriously consider making use of those resources we do have at present. And then make a financial donation to the various AMSAT's and teams working to make future birds possible. We all want another HEO with lots of modes/bands, but complaining will not make one magically appear. 73, Larry W7IN, DN27, Plains Montana. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5202 (20100616) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5205 (20100617) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
