On 06/25/2014 09:16 PM, Jim White wrote: > I've just rebuilt my sat station and was planning to be on for Field > Day to give out some contacts from home. > > What birds are folks planning to use? I assume SO-50 and FO-29. Any > others? >
I plan to use VO-52 because the downlink signals are much stronger than FO-29. FO-29 is my plan B. (Only planning to make one or two contacts for the bonus points. After that, it's all show for visitors.) Incidentally, with help from this group, I was able to get the DVB dongle(RX)/TS2K(TX)/SatPC32/HDSDR combination to work great. It's really neat to see the whole transponder passband. In fact, you can see the noise floor come up when the satellite is in view. My antennas are small, steerable yagis for the 'wow' factor - but I know you can use omni's with preamps. 73's and good luck Stu2 W4IY 9A VA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
