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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Yaesu 5400B Issues (Ted Krempa)
2. Re: AMSAT Journal May-June Issue Problem (Larry Howell)
3. Re: Weather sat imaging (Apostolos Kefalas)
4. Re: AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips (David Quick)
5. WMPLOTA 7/2 EN74 EN75 EN84 EN85 Rove (Andrew Northam)
6. JT4G from DSLWP-B decoded ! (Roland Zurmely)
7. Re: JT4G from DSLWP-B decoded ! (Jean Marc Momple)
8. Re: AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips (John Geiger)
9. RES: JT4G from DSLWP-B decoded ! (Paulo PV8DX)
10. Re: AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips (Robert Bragg)
11. Re: AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips (Doug Phelps)
12. Re: AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips (Keith Ballinger)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:49:53 -0700
From: "Ted Krempa" <k7trkradio@???????.???>
To: "'Richard Lawn'" <rjlawn@?????.???>, "'Amsat BB'"
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu 5400B Issues
Message-ID: <000301d40ffb$7f9b5040$7ed1f0c0$@???????.???>
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Rick, see link:
http://n3ujj.com/manuals/YAESU%20g5400b.pdf
73, ted
K7TRK
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of Richard Lawn
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:31 PM
To: Amsat BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu 5400B Issues
I thought I had found the problem with my old 5400 EL rotor when I
discovered shorted wires at the terminal due to those awful old screw type
terminals. Unfortunately after installing it the summer QTH I found that EL
rotation worked only in one direction. I could use some help trouble
shooting this as it could be in the control box or at the rotor and I have
no manual with me. It could be that I'm off the air this summer in terms of
satellite operation.
73
Rick, W2JAZ
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:10:18 -0400
From: Larry Howell <larry.howell.47@?????.???>
To: Frank <k6fw1@???????.???>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Matthew Stevens
<matthew@?????????.???>, "Peter J. McClosky" <pmcclosky@?????????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal May-June Issue Problem
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Mine arrived in the mail today and was fine except for the usual USPS
mangling.
Larry AC8YE
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:25 PM, Frank <k6fw1@???????.???> wrote:
> Mine was fine.
>
> Sent from my IPad
>
> > On Jun 29, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Matthew Stevens <matthew@?????????.???>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mine was not fine... :-)
> >
> > - Matthew nj4y
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 10:07 PM, Peter J. McClosky
> > <pmcclosky@?????????.???> wrote:
> >> Mine was fine.
> >> -----
> >> Peter J. McClosky, N7IY
> >> Eugene, Oregon
> >> pmcclosky@?????????.???
> >> n7iy@????.???
> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~pmcclosky/
> >>
> >>> On Jun 28, 2018, at 6:21 PM, Scott <scott23192@?????.???> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Mine was the same & Martha is also very kindly sending me a replacement
> >>> copy.
> >>>
> >>> -Scott, K4KDR
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ======================
> >>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Dino Papas <kl0s@???.???> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hopefully I?m the only one who received a defective copy of the latest
> >>>> Journal?when I get to page 8 the pages start again with the front
> cover
> >>>> thru page 8! It?s missing pages 9-24. I sent Martha a note asking
> for a
> >>>> replacement.
> >>>>
> >>>> Was just curious if I was the only one who got one of these printer
> errors.
> >>>>
> >>>> 73 - Dino KL0S
> >>> _______________________________________________
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:40:11 +0300
From: Apostolos Kefalas <sv1ljj@????.???>
To: skristof@???????.???
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Weather sat imaging
Message-ID: <1530304811.1836.3.camel@????.???>
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Or you can record .wav of pass and upload it somewhere public and
others try to decode it.
On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 21:29 +0100, Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL) wrote:
> Wxtrack is for tracking satellites.
>
> You could record the pass and use SatSignal or Google APT Decoder and
> see
> what other apps are available.
>
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, 20:59 Mark L. Hammond, <marklhammond@?????.???>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > How about WXtrack?
> >
> > http://www.satsignal.eu/software/wxtrack.htm
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mark N8MH
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:55 AM, <skristof@???????.???> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I reloaded SDR# and VB audio virtual cable. The weather sat
> > > image
> > > is still shredded horizontally. I checked the website for WxtoImg
> > > and it
> > > is blank.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of any other software for decoding and
> > > displaying
> > > weather satellite images?
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions on getting this fixed will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Steve AI9IN
> > >
> > > On 2018-06-28 19:17, Mvivona wrote:
> > >
> > > > The reason I asked if it was the laptop is that I had a similar
> > > > issue
> >
> > on
> > > my laptop. I had it all running fine with the connection from the
> > > microphone jack out of my radio then all of a sudden one day it
> > > was
> > > breaking images. I came to find out that somehow the input got
> > > switched
> >
> > to
> > > the microphone and it was picking up the sound from the speaker
> > > through
> >
> > the
> > > microphone.
> > > > A couple of other things that I would look at would be making
> > > > sure my
> > >
> > > bandwith is set to Wide FM @ 30khz and any noise filters are off.
> > > > I'm sure you will trip across some little item and I have that
> > > > Aha
> > >
> > > moment.
> > > >
> > > > Michael Vivona
> > > > Sent from my iPad
> > > >
> > > > On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:46 AM, skristof@???????.??? wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yes, this is on a laptop. I have successfully received images
> > > > on this
> > > > laptop for a couple of years.
> > > >
> > > > > On 2018-06-28 07:42, Mvivona wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this on a laptop?
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael Vivona
> > > > > Sent from my iPad
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jun 28, 2018, at 6:58 AM, skristof@???????.??? wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > To get images from NOAA weather satellites I have been using
> > > > > an
> >
> > RTL-SDR
> > > > > with SDR# software and the WxtoImg decoding program. This has
> > > > > worked
> > > > > successfully for a couple of years. I use the VB virtual
> > > > > audio cable
> >
> > to
> > > > > connect SDR# to WxtoImg.
> > > > >
> > > > > But about a month ago I had to reinstall SDR# as it wasn't
> > > > > working. I
> > > > > think it may have been due to an update in Windows 10. So,
> > > > > SDR# is
> > > > > working fine, but since the reinstall of SDR# I can no longer
> > > > > get
> > > > > viewable images in WxtoImg. The pictures look they have been
> > > > > through
> >
> > the
> > > > > shredder. I tried the slant correction and the resync as
> > > > > described in
> > > > > the Help section, but it didn't fix anything.
> > > > >
> > > > > It looks like a sync problem, but if the resync doesn't fix
> > > > > it, I'm
> >
> > not
> > > > > sure what to try next.
> > > > >
> > > > > All reasonable suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve AI9IN
> > >
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> > > t-bb
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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> > bb
> >
>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:20:20 -0500
From: "David Quick" <david.quick@???????????.???>
To: "'John Geiger'" <af5cc2@?????.???>, "'AMSAT'" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
Message-ID: <003e01d41010$83717900$8a546b00$@???????????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I have made numerous AO-85, 91, 92, and SO-50 contacts from my truck, mostly
while stationary due to the desire to log the contacts, with a 25 year old
Kenwood TM-733a (~25 watts) and a dual-band antenna on the roof of the
truck. Even a simple 2m quarter-wave works fine and offers a decent match on
435 MHz.
The feature that helps the most is the radio's full duplex capability. When
I hear my own voice on the downlink frequency I know I'm hitting the bird.
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:03 PM
To: AMSAT
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
I am hoping to get into mobile satellite operations soon, and at times I
will be able to operate portable with a dualband yagi antenna. . Other
times, though, I will be on family trips and unable to stop for satellite
passes, so would have to operate while in motion. Are AO91, AO91, and the
XW-2 satellites able to be worked using a 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave dualband
mobile whip antenna?
73 John AF5CC
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:50:33 -0400
From: Andrew Northam <andrewbnortham@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WMPLOTA 7/2 EN74 EN75 EN84 EN85 Rove
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Good Evening Everyone,
Just under 2 days to this weekends 24 hour grid sale, below is the weekly
flyer for this weekends WMPLOTA2 Rove to EN74, EN75, EN84 and EN85! The
excessive heat warning in Michigan ends at 0000z on 7/2, right at the start
of WMPLOTA2.
7/2/18
Objects AOS (U) LOS Period
1. EN74 WM1432 Cadillac
XW-2D 00:01 00:09
XW-2F 00:05 00:13
SO-50 00:12 00:25
2. EN74 WM2014 Houghton Lake
SO-50 01:54 02:03 (*Low Pass Attempt)
AO-92 02:03 02:13
AO-73 02:32 02:38 (*Low Pass Attempt)
Falconsat-3 02:43 02:53
FO-29 02:45 02:55 (*Low Pass Attempt)
AO-85 02:59 03:06 (*Low Pass Attempt)
AO-92 03:37 03:46
3. EN74 WM5159 West Branch
XW-2B 11:57 12:07
AO-07 12:06 12:22
4. EN84 WM5376 Tawas
XW-2B 13:33 13:39 (*Low Pass Attempt)
AO-07 14:01 14:04 (*Low Pass Attempt)
XW-2A 14:13 14:22
AO-73 14:15 14:26
SO-50 14:27 14:38
AO-92 15:05 15:14
5. EN85 WM2358 Alpena
AO-92 16:39 16:47
AO-91 17:16 17:30
6. EN75 WM1542 Gaylord
AO-91 18:52 19:06
AO-07 19:19 19:39
7. EN75 WM2417 Petosky
XW-2C 21:49 21:58
XW-2D 22:12 22:22
XW-2F 22:15 22:25
AO-85 22:15 22:28
8. EN75 WM2100 Cheboygan
XW-2C 23:22 23:32
AO-73 23:35 23:45
XW-2D 23:47 23:56
XW-2F 23:50 23:59
AO-85 23:57 00:08
7/3/18 EN75 Holiday Style Maybe
Wish me luck on my first real rove, all stops are in a new VUCC circle,
please work me if there is room. Manual tuning on linear birds, please be
patient :) Follow me on twitter @?????????????? or
http://twitter.com/andrewbnortham for up to the minute pass information,
good luck and happy shopping!
--Andrew/KE8FZT
andrewbnortham@?????.???
http://twitter.com/andrewbnortham
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] JT4G from DSLWP-B decoded !
Message-ID: <1390310348.677235.1530360000898@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Please see here:
<<?http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/dslwp.htm#d?>>
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:46:44 +0400
From: Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@?????.???>
To: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] JT4G from DSLWP-B decoded !
Message-ID: <506B41B3-888B-4AC9-98A5-DEB536AF6392@?????.???>
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Roland,
Congratulations.
I also have been trying again last night without success, all Ok in the
station, software etc... just too much loss in the feeder system and no
enough antenna gain.
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
> On Jun 30, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Roland Zurmely via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Please see here:
> << http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/dslwp.htm#d >>
> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 10:43:26 -0500
From: John Geiger <af5cc2@?????.???>
To: David Quick <david.quick@???????????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
Message-ID:
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Hi Dave,
That is great to know. Sounds like it would work. I wonder if a 1/4 wave
antenna might be better than a 5/8 wave as it might have some higher lobes
as well and cover more of the pass. Does anyone know about this?
73 John AF5CC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:20 PM, David Quick <david.quick@???????????.???>
wrote:
> I have made numerous AO-85, 91, 92, and SO-50 contacts from my truck,
> mostly
> while stationary due to the desire to log the contacts, with a 25 year old
> Kenwood TM-733a (~25 watts) and a dual-band antenna on the roof of the
> truck. Even a simple 2m quarter-wave works fine and offers a decent match
> on
> 435 MHz.
>
> The feature that helps the most is the radio's full duplex capability. When
> I hear my own voice on the downlink frequency I know I'm hitting the bird.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of John
> Geiger
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:03 PM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
>
> I am hoping to get into mobile satellite operations soon, and at times I
> will be able to operate portable with a dualband yagi antenna. . Other
> times, though, I will be on family trips and unable to stop for satellite
> passes, so would have to operate while in motion. Are AO91, AO91, and the
> XW-2 satellites able to be worked using a 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave dualband
> mobile whip antenna?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
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>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 11:55:55 -0400
From: "Paulo PV8DX" <paulopv8dx@?????.???>
To: "'Roland Zurmely'" <py4zbz@?????.???>
Cc: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] RES: JT4G from DSLWP-B decoded !
Message-ID: <002a01d4108a$d7b176d0$87146470$@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Roland,
Excellent performance
Congratulations
The antenna is show
73 de Paulo PV8DX
> On Jun 30, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Roland Zurmely via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
> Please see here:
> << http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/dslwp.htm#d >>
> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:42:09 -0400
From: Robert Bragg <airrj1@?????.???>
To: John Geiger <af5cc2@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>, David Quick
<david.quick@???????????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Would you want higher lobes? It seems like there is more db loss closer to
the horizon and much less as you get overhead. That was my first thought,
but it is just a guess, I am interested to hear what people with more
education and experience have to say. Interesting topic thanks for
bringing it up John.
R.J. WY7AA
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 11:43 AM, John Geiger <af5cc2@?????.???> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> That is great to know. Sounds like it would work. I wonder if a 1/4 wave
> antenna might be better than a 5/8 wave as it might have some higher lobes
> as well and cover more of the pass. Does anyone know about this?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:20 PM, David Quick <david.quick@???????????.???>
> wrote:
>
> > I have made numerous AO-85, 91, 92, and SO-50 contacts from my truck,
> > mostly
> > while stationary due to the desire to log the contacts, with a 25 year
> old
> > Kenwood TM-733a (~25 watts) and a dual-band antenna on the roof of the
> > truck. Even a simple 2m quarter-wave works fine and offers a decent match
> > on
> > 435 MHz.
> >
> > The feature that helps the most is the radio's full duplex capability.
> When
> > I hear my own voice on the downlink frequency I know I'm hitting the
> bird.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of John
> > Geiger
> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:03 PM
> > To: AMSAT
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
> >
> > I am hoping to get into mobile satellite operations soon, and at times I
> > will be able to operate portable with a dualband yagi antenna. . Other
> > times, though, I will be on family trips and unable to stop for satellite
> > passes, so would have to operate while in motion. Are AO91, AO91, and
> the
> > XW-2 satellites able to be worked using a 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave dualband
> > mobile whip antenna?
> >
> > 73 John AF5CC
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 12:05:38 -0400
From: Doug Phelps <DougPhelps@??????????.???>
To: david.quick@???????????.???? af5cc2@?????.???? amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
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I have a couple TM 733 A's. They are full duplex and I have also made
contact with them in the vehicle on a dual band antenna. They're still
around sometimes on eBay and I think is one of the best radios that Kenwood
ever made.
the Kenwood th 7 9 handheld portable 5 watt is also full duplex. In fact you
can turn it into a repeater cross band repeater and hanging from a tree and
have a real nice portable repeater system.
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On Jun 29, 2018, 8:20 PM, David Quick wrote:
> I have made numerous AO-85, 91, 92, and SO-50 contacts from my truck, mostly
> while stationary due to the desire to log the contacts, with a 25 year old
> Kenwood TM-733a (~25 watts) and a dual-band antenna on the roof of the
> truck. Even a simple 2m quarter-wave works fine and offers a decent match on
> 435 MHz.
>
> The feature that helps the most is the radio's full duplex capability. When
> I hear my own voice on the downlink frequency I know I'm hitting the bird.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:03 PM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
>
> I am hoping to get into mobile satellite operations soon, and at times I
> will be able to operate portable with a dualband yagi antenna. . Other
> times, though, I will be on family trips and unable to stop for satellite
> passes, so would have to operate while in motion. Are AO91, AO91, and the
> XW-2 satellites able to be worked using a 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave dualband
> mobile whip antenna?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 17:45:44 +0100
From: Keith Ballinger <kball106@?????.???>
To: John Geiger <af5cc2@?????.???>, David Quick
<david.quick@???????????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
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When Doug Wheelock KB5BOC was on the ISS, I tried many times to work him
when using a 5/8 whip on the car but with no success. I then changed to a
1/4-wave whip and worked him first call. I attributed this to the fact that
with a 5/8 the major lobe is towards the horizon whereas a 1/4-wave has a
lobe tilted further upwards.
Regards,
Keith G0RQQ
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? Original Message ?
From: John Geiger
Sent: Saturday, 30 June 2018 16:44
To: David Quick
Cc: AMSAT
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
Hi Dave,
That is great to know. Sounds like it would work. I wonder if a 1/4 wave
antenna might be better than a 5/8 wave as it might have some higher lobes
as well and cover more of the pass. Does anyone know about this?
73 John AF5CC
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:20 PM, David Quick <david.quick@???????????.???>
wrote:
> I have made numerous AO-85, 91, 92, and SO-50 contacts from my truck,
> mostly
> while stationary due to the desire to log the contacts, with a 25 year old
> Kenwood TM-733a (~25 watts) and a dual-band antenna on the roof of the
> truck. Even a simple 2m quarter-wave works fine and offers a decent match
> on
> 435 MHz.
>
> The feature that helps the most is the radio's full duplex capability. When
> I hear my own voice on the downlink frequency I know I'm hitting the bird.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of John
> Geiger
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 3:03 PM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO91, AO92 and XW-2 sats with mobile whips
>
> I am hoping to get into mobile satellite operations soon, and at times I
> will be able to operate portable with a dualband yagi antenna. . Other
> times, though, I will be on family trips and unable to stop for satellite
> passes, so would have to operate while in motion. Are AO91, AO91, and the
> XW-2 satellites able to be worked using a 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave dualband
> mobile whip antenna?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
> _______________________________________________
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