[amsat-bb] Re: First time on HO68

2010-02-05 Thread Rick - WA4NVM
Hi Tom, Congrats on the HO-68 contacts! FM mode can be a challenge at times. 73, Rick > Made my first HO-68 QSOs just now thanks to WA4NVM, KD8CAO and WA4HFN. > Great sgnals and great fun! > > 73, KB9BIT > ___ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinio

[amsat-bb] Re: First time on HO68

2010-02-05 Thread Tom Laskowski
Made my first HO-68 QSOs just now thanks to WA4NVM, KD8CAO and WA4HFN. Great sgnals and great fun! 73, KB9BIT ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellit

[amsat-bb] Re: First time on HO68

2010-02-05 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 5 Feb 2010 at 11:05, David - KG4ZLB wrote: Date sent: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:05:17 -0500 From: David - KG4ZLB Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: First time on HO68 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Send reply to: kg4...@gmail.com Organization: www.kg4zlb.com > I too used HO-68 for the first t

[amsat-bb] Re: First time on HO68

2010-02-05 Thread David - KG4ZLB
I too used HO-68 for the first time last night and found it incredibly difficult to hold the repeater open for any decent length of time despite having a good high pass. I question the sense in trying to run digital and voice at the same time on the same frequency (although that question is for

[amsat-bb] Re: First time on HO68

2010-02-05 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
John, You can read about it here. http://www.camsat.cn/ 73, Dave KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID On Feb 5, 2010 10:58 AM, "John Geiger" wrote: I was on HO68 for the first time last night, and had a blast. Congrats to the satellite team for a very well operating satellite-the do