[amsat-bb] Re: A viable FD satellite operation

2013-05-22 Thread Rolf Krogstad
Sorry, I forgot to say it makes a difference because of Magnetic Declination - the difference between magnetic north and true north. On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:37 AM, Rolf Krogstad rolf.krogs...@gmail.comwrote: Jim makes a good point. Know where the points of the compass are. And, depending

[amsat-bb] Re: A viable FD satellite operation

2013-05-22 Thread Rolf Krogstad
Jim makes a good point. Know where the points of the compass are. And, depending on where you are located, that is not as simple as just taking out a compass. It can make a fair amount of difference if you are in the western states of the US and not so much, if any, if you are in some place like

[amsat-bb] Re: A viable FD satellite operation

2013-05-21 Thread Stephen E. Belter
Bill, You are approaching Field Day the correct way: Concentrate on the analog transponder birds (FO-29, VO-52, AO-7, in that order) and don't even try making a contact through SO-50 (the only FM sat currently working). The FT-847 and Arrow antenna should work fine. The preamps are not

[amsat-bb] Re: A viable FD satellite operation

2013-05-21 Thread Philip Jenkins
There's also an article in the June QST which answered a lot of my questions about setting up for and operating sats on Field Day. Philip N4HF On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Bill W1PA w...@hotmail.com wrote: I may set up a Field Day satellite station for our local club. I haven't done this

[amsat-bb] Re: A viable FD satellite operation

2013-05-21 Thread Bill Acito
, with no computer assist. I'm out of practice. :-) Bill Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 22:06:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A viable FD satellite operation From: n4hf.phi...@gmail.com To: w...@hotmail.com CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org There's also an article in the June QST which answered a lot of my questions

[amsat-bb] Re: A viable FD satellite operation

2013-05-21 Thread Jim Jerzycke
You're definitely approaching it in the right way, Bill! An FT-847 is an excellent satellite rig, and in combination with a small gain antenna, will be an excellent station. The 50 Watts the '847 provides is more than enough RF power, even with the Arrow, or similar Elk, antenna. A preamps