Patrick, Are you working the sats with a single T7H? If so, how are you getting it to uplink and downlink on different bands?
I really love my T7H for repeater and simplex work. For sats, I currently only use it for RX and use a 2M mobile for TX. I'd love to consolidate to a more portable setup. 73 de AJ4MJ On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) < amsat...@wd9ewk.net> wrote: > > Hi! > > Dayton was, once again, a fun time. I was here in 2006, and this > year was so much better. I tried to keep track of satellite operators > who I worked over the past 3+ years and met over this weekend by taking > photos of them, but I lost count of the number I met and talked with > here (this is *not* a bad thing). AMSAT's events were great! I mixed > in some operating this weekend, between Friday and today, and in all of > that trying to test my new DJ-G7T HT. I previously posted a message > with my initial observations on that HT Friday night, and I'll add a > little (very little) to that here... > > After the HamVention closed this afternoon, I had planned on working > some satellite passes with my new DJ-G7T HT after dropping stuff of > at my motel room. A western AO-27 pass was about to come by, and I > went to the Indiana/Ohio state line a couple of blocks from my motel > (I stayed in Richmond IN, not in Dayton, for this trip). In the > process of setting things up on a side road near the I-70/US-40 > interchange, I pressed buttons on the HT in the band scope mode and > I could not decipher how to get out of that mode from a quick read of > the manual. I decided to set the radio aside, and worked the pass > using my IC-T7H HT I had also brought out there. After that, I > did a full reset of the HT, and figured I could try it again later. > > After that AO-27 pass, I tried to retrace some of my 2006 post-Dayton > road trip to grid boundaries. I went northeast of Dayton, trying to > reach the EM79/EM89/EN70/EN80 boundary for one or two SO-50 passes. > This time, I could not get to that spot on the highway's right-of-way. > I crossed the road to get a clearer view of the sky, still on the > EM79xx/EN70xa line only a few feet/meters west of the 4-grid > intersection. :-( I set up for the first SO-50 pass, and this time I > accidentally pressed buttons on the DJ-G7T to put it into another > undesired mode - using a normal repeater offset on my uplink VFO. At > this point, I swapped radios and worked the pass using my IC-T7H again > for 4 QSOs. I decided not to fight the radio, and spend time parked or > standing along a highway to reread the manual trying to sort the radio > out. I'll do more testing with the new HT at home in the next few days, > while I try to get that speaker/mic cable so I can run full-duplex > without feedback. > > After that SO-50 pass, I decided to work my way west, heading back > to the Indiana/Ohio state line and stopping for the later SO-50 pass. > I was able to get on from the EM79vx/EN70va line, working 7 stations > before the satellite went out of range. Then, the drive back to > Richmond IN and the motel for the night. I flew into Indianapolis > Thursday, and will return there tomorrow for my flight home. > > Again, thanks to AMSAT for a great banquet and Saturday forum. Being > around other hams that share this corner of our hobby made this a > great weekend, and putting a few QSOs in my satellite log from 3 > different locations over the past couple of days was a nice bonus. > I'll take more time working with the new HT over the next few days, > and especially during the upcoming long weekend. If anyone worked > WD9EWK this weekend and wants to get a QSL card from me, please > e-mail me the QSO information and I'll check that against my log. > If you are in my log, I'll send you a card - no need to send me a > card or SASE. I will need to prepare cards for those locations, and > I'm thinking about how to do a nice card in particular for the QSOs > I made at the Indiana/Ohio state line. And, yes, I'm still having > fun... > > 73! > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently at Richmond IN, west of Dayton > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
