[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy

2010-04-19 Thread John Magliacane
KP4AO was copied in Wall Township, NJ (home of the first successful moonbounce experiment in 1946 (http://www.k3pgp.org/1946eme.htm)). Equipment was set up in my backyard, and included a handheld 8-element quagi pointed toward the crescent moon through breaks in the cumulus clouds, 6 feet of R

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy

2010-04-18 Thread David - KG4ZLB
Well I would have to say "well done" on this - quite an achievement I think bearing in mind I was probably close enough to hear them via ground wave ( :-D ) and I was using a pointy antenna set up and you were using an h/t at the bottom of your garden (in what is, I know, an extremely RF noisy

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy

2010-04-18 Thread Tim - N3TL
...@dbelectronics.co.uk; Idle-Tyme ; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sun, April 18, 2010 6:06:32 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy David and all, I copied them here at 432.0446 in CW using a Yaesu FT-817ND and Elk dual-band yagi with 6 feet of RG8X between the antenna and the radio, no preamp. I copied

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2010-04-18 Thread Tim - N3TL
#x27;; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy I found there to be little or no difference when rotating the polarity. I've also been asked what frequency I was listening on. The FT817 was in USB mode and the displayed frequency was 432.04340MHz David G8OQW -

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy

2010-04-18 Thread Pedro A. Perez
8OQW > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Idle-Tyme > Sent: 18 April 2010 21:05 > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy > > have you peak

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2010-04-18 Thread Idle-Tyme
boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Idle-Tyme > Sent: 18 April 2010 21:05 > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy > > have you peaked them in polarity also? > > > The Original Rolling Ball Clock > Idle Tyme

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2010-04-18 Thread Mike Rupprecht
27;; amsat-bb@amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy I found there to be little or no difference when rotating the polarity. I've also been asked what frequency I was listening on. The FT817 was in USB mode and the displayed frequency was 432.04340MHz David G8OQW

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2010-04-18 Thread David Barber
t.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Idle-Tyme Sent: 18 April 2010 21:05 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy have you peaked them in polarity also? The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 4/18/2010 2:37 PM, David B

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2010-04-18 Thread David Barber
Now that really would be silly wouldn't it! Regards David G8OQW -Original Message- From: John Geiger [mailto:aa...@yahoo.com] Sent: 18 April 2010 21:02 To: david.bar...@dbelectronics.co.uk; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Arecibo on Handy SO, did you work them on t

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2010-04-18 Thread John Geiger
Or prove their antenna hears as well as it transmits! 73s John AA5JG --- On Sun, 4/18/10, David Barber wrote: > From: David Barber > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Arecibo on Handy > To: "'John Geiger'" , amsat-bb@amsat.org > Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 3:05 PM > Now that really would be silly > w

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy

2010-04-18 Thread Idle-Tyme
have you peaked them in polarity also? The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 4/18/2010 2:37 PM, David Barber wrote: > OK, I know nobody is going to believe this buton my life... > > I have been outside with an FT-817 connected via a very short pi

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on Handy

2010-04-18 Thread John Geiger
SO, did you work them on the FT817??? 73s John AA5JG --- On Sun, 4/18/10, David Barber wrote: > From: David Barber > Subject: [amsat-bb] Arecibo on Handy > To: "'Moon-Net'" , amsat-bb@amsat.org > Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 2:37 PM > OK, I know nobody is going to believe > this buton my