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It amazes me that people to this day still call, "CQ satellite CQ satellite"
and having it be so obvious that they cannot hear the downlink.
Unbelievable.
73, Jeff WB2SYK FN13xc
From: Michael Schulz
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 11:29
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 05:52 -0700, Jeffrey Koehler wrote:
> It amazes me that people to this day still call, "CQ satellite CQ
> satellite" and having it be so obvious that they cannot hear the
> downlink.
>
>
> Unbelievable.
Not necessarily unbelievable but aren't there many folks out there
who w
Thanks for the answers and comments, SSB satellites are a good solution when
you invited someone to give a new grid, I did it (LU6QI), but sometimes in FM
SAts appears a good o missed grid I you can´t get it because same stations,
every orbit, are saying hello all day passes
Well, my contri
Jeff,
Instead of complaining here on the BB, why don't you email the stations that
are doing it and offer some suggestions to improve their operating practices
and maybe point them to John K8YSE's website. You might be surprised at the
response you get (in a good way)
Dave - KB1PVH
Sent from my
Since I am relatively “green” myself to FM satellite rover operation,
I will share an observation from a recent grid expedition in West
Texas. I’ve observed a behavior that I refer to as “Armageddon grid.”
This means the rover operator is activating a grid for the last time
before the world meets
Clayton,
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 08:56 -0500, Clayton Coleman W5PFG wrote:
> If operators would not treat working a rare grid as if the world is
> coming to an end immediately after the pass, I believe rover stations
> would have a much more pleasant time handing out new grids.
>
> If you miss tha
Dave...
I've actually done that. Of the valid email addresses on QRZ.com (some were
bounced back due to invalid addresses) I got one reply, which I can't republish
here due to the "tone" used by the author.
The kicker is that I heard someone that actually received an email from me a
couple of
I know that everyone that has roved has had a similar problem. Here is the way
I
used to handle the problem.
First, when the satellite came up, I would listen for all the stations I could
hear and write them down.
Then I would put my call out there with the grid, those that wanted me, knew
Mike,
You convinced me. Next week when I'm in EL29, I will run as much power
as I can to make sure you get that grid, being as it is so rare. Even
if other stations want to work me, I will bust through them with my
super-rover antenna array just so we can make contact.
Thanks for setting me strai
Hi Clayton!
> Since I am relatively “green” myself to FM satellite rover operation,
I've been reading your recent grid-expedition exploits here on
the -BB. Hope to catch you on from some of those places in
the near future.
> I will share an observation from a recent grid expedition in West
> Te
Hi John!
> It is difficult for me to believe that there
> have been 1000 grids active in the last 5 years.
> When I first started in satellites I thought two or
> three hundred grids would be about it, but many things
> happened to move that estimate up. Last night I worked
> VY1RM in the Yukon fo
An interesting account, Clayton. It reminds me of my shipboard contact
with my ham radio club back in 2008. We had a contact on AO-51
scheduled, and at the appointed time I gave my call (between the current
QSOs) and a handful of stations answered, I asked them to please stand
by while I comp
Mike, K5TRI, writes:
> p.s.: For the ironically challenged, this was irony. I don't run 1KW up
> to any satellite as everybody knows it's not enough.
Apparently, not even for FO-29 any more. That's a shame to, because I always
had a nice signal on FO-29 when I ran the 1 KW amp.
73,
Jerry, K5O
HA! Now we know who broke it :)
73 Mike
On Oct 2, 2011, at 11:15 AM, K5OE wrote:
>
> Mike, K5TRI, writes:
>> p.s.: For the ironically challenged, this was irony. I don't run 1KW up
>> to any satellite as everybody knows it's not enough.
>
> Apparently, not even for FO-29 any more. That's a s
In another forum, an unenlightened ham made the following allegation. Sorry,
folks -
I just cannot let this type of nonsense go unanswered ... (grin)
ELSEWHERE >> ... I'm sure but the amateur satellite service is on life support
right
now ... things like the ARISSAT are just a novelty ...
I a
Should I be able to hear AO-51 using an eggbeater with no preamp?.
I can hear VO-52 just fine but have not heard AO-51at all, so I have to wonder
why. I'm listening on 435.15. Perhaps the sat is not active while over DM03?
Or am I kidding myself thinking I should be able to hear it without a
>> ... Should I be able to hear AO-51 using an eggbeater with no preamp?.
Eggbeaters are great conversation starters. For working the FM sats, I have not
been excited with my Eggbeater's performance.
And I own one of the best - with horizontal plane kit installed.
Just get a little "directiona
When I got back on the birds a few years ago, I was surprised as to the
exchanges commonly made while a 'rare' grid was on.
Here's the format commonly used when a 'rare' grid or country, etc. is on:
"CQ W4AS Echo Lima 84"
W4AS, W4AS this is W1ABC"
"W1ABC this is W4AS in Echo Lima 84"
Roger W4AS,
Reminds me of a discusion I withnessed here localy.
a club had the oppertunety to promote hamradio on a local event with a
stall.
On the day of the event it turned out that the stall had nothing more
then a few HF stations all with CW key and one computer for digital modes.
When asked about why t
Your eggbeater is probably RHCP overhead and horizontal at the horizon. The
435.150 downlink on AO51 is LHCP, so you are at a serious disadvantage. Can you
hear AO27?
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 2, 2011, at 2:21 PM, "Paul Delaney - K6HR"
wrote:
>
> Should I be able to hear AO
>> ... ISS was nothing more then a flying mailbox and that getting a qsl card
>> for leaving a message in an
orbiting bbs was dumb ...
I was wishing that that type of ignorance didn't exist in our hobby ... but
I've been called an "optimist" (as well
as several other things ... (grin)).
I was
Hi Paul,
Do you by chance have a dead preamp inline? I've had some fail that keep any
signal from passing...it's worse than no preamp!!
Just a thought...
Drew's comment about polarity is a good one, too.
Mark N8MH
At 11:21 AM 10/2/2011 -0700, Paul Delaney - K6HR wrote:
>Should I be able t
Sebastion - Good points. Here are some more.
The best contest and pileup ops are those that get it right the first time. If
you ever see a video of a high rate contest station or DXpedition it doesn't
seem like they are going that fast, but they are doing rates of 120+. They use
their exchang
Hi,
While we're at it talking about the AO-51 craziness at times (5 am
passes are quite pleasant) I'd like to bring up another thing that
constantly gets me which is not using phonetics for call signs. Just
because it is a FM satellite doesn't mean everybody is clearly
understandable and it makes
>> ... As wonderful as what you write is, I suspect it is not enough to sustain
>> the satellite part of the hobby.
First, YOU are to be commended for your support of AMSAT. I hope that all those
who "got in" as Lifers
back when it was really relatively inexpensive to do so still see to it that
No I have not heard AO27 either, that explains it. Time for different antennas.
Thanks for the info!
- Original Message -
From: Andrew Glasbrenner
To: Paul Delaney - K6HR
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hearing AO-51
Your eggbeater is
Hi Mark,
Yes, the dead UHF preamp is still inline, but I was unable to hear AO-51 before
I put up the preamp. I added the preamp (a bargain buy on ebay) but the preamp
only worked for a few days before going dead. What do you think about an Elk at
a fixed elevation on an azimuth only rotator?
Phonetics should already be in use for the sats (I use phonetics all the
time regardless of mode and band).
It's probably a "hurry up and get it done" thing - operators don't want to
bother using phonetics because it takes too long. I maintain that having to
repeat yourself multiple times defe
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 11:36 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote:
> >> ... Should I be able to hear AO-51 using an eggbeater with no preamp?.
> Just get a little "directionality" to your antenna ... Heck, we're working
> the FM birds with Tape Measure Beams. And with
> "better" HT antennas.
And again I n
Hi Damon,
I'd like a QSL for EM53. I'd be happy to send you a SASE for it. Thanks for
all your travels. What were you using for an antenna?
144 PH 10/01/11 2037 WA4HFN/P 59 FM27 59W
EM53 AO-51
73,
Don Snider
N3MK - FM27
7465 Beebe Rd
Chincoteague, VA 23336
-Origina
I did keep a LITTLE better track this time, there were a few that didnt make it
on the K8YSE's Rec page. Anyone wanting cards for these grids/dates please
email info and I will send them out. I have AC0RA, K7TRK, KA6SIP already.
SEP. 25 DM05/DM13
26 DM23
27,28,29DM13
30 DM06,
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