Les,
I believe I am one of the callers that you never got back to on a pass a
couple of weeks ago!
SO-50's frequency seems to be shifted down by about 5 kHz from the
published downlink. What does your Doppler.sqf say?
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Les Rayburn wrote:
> Befo
SO-50 uses a corner mounted single UHF whip for the downlink, so it is linearly
polarized, and is often shielded by the body of the spacecraft. It also runs
about 250mw, which is pretty low. By comparision FO-29 is circularly polarized.
Operating portable on SO-50 it is extremely beneficial to b
Adding to Drew's comments...
A.) Reception is poor. Especially high elevation passes.
Yep I hear SO-50 better with an IO antenna mounted on my HT sitting
in the shack than with my fixed elevation yagis mounted outside
when the bird is overhead. I can twist and turn the HT to match the bird
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