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
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
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
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
, 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
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