AMEN!
Finally someone on this board, that also remembers what the big knob on
the face of the radio is used for.
Maybe it's a age thing of when you got into the hobby? Like when I got
into this hobby when Novices were only allowed crystal control. It
wasn't all that different from using the
Not Hard
Just Skill,
Just like my other post about operating as a Novice in the days of only
crystal control. You did not operate full duplex on 40 meters, yet we
operated contests on one transmit freq and listened to the whole band
for someone calling us.
We all have just gotten incredibly
I haven't used AO-7 for some time (need to revise my antennas to do so again).
But, back in the goode olde dayes (when the satellite first went into orbit)
we didn't have any problems with Doppler. The accepted method was to leave the
transmit frequency alone and keep one hand on the receiver
I use the translation table provided by AMSAT and the books..
Have those programmed into the radio as splits..
LSB 432.XXX up and USB 145.XXX down .
( mode B like this morning )
I can hear PLENTY of QSO's.
I cannot make contact with anyone ..
Those splits are only right when Doppler
Glen Zook wrote:
I haven't used AO-7 for some time (need to revise my antennas to do so
again). But, back in the goode olde dayes (when the satellite first went
into orbit) we didn't have any problems with Doppler. The accepted method
was to leave the transmit frequency alone and keep one
