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    "sender_name": "John Geiger",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: FM satellites",
    "date": "2011-07-06T16:06:55Z",
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    "content": "In terms of a small compact, SSB satellite station, you can work the SSB\nbirds with a single FT817. It is more difficult than having full duplex, but\nit can be done.  I have done it plenty of times with similar radios.\n\n73s John AA5JG\n\nOn Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <\[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> Hi Ron!\n>\n> > I have to disagree. Have you tried working one of the FM birds using a 2\n> > watt ht and a whip antenna ?\n>\n> Unfortunately, the comments like \"I cannot see any difference in pushing\n> a button on an FM bird than operating a cell phone\" (from WB6LLO's\n> post in this thread) show up from time to time.  If FM satellites were that\n> simple to operate, then everyone who attempted to make an FM satellite\n> QSO during Field Day should have been able to do so.  People wouldn't\n> show up in large numbers for the many demonstrations and presentations\n> that AMSAT people put on for radio clubs, hamfests, etc.\n>\n> > The  FM birds are something I can work while traveling. Have been able\n> > to find a SSB setup that is compact enough to carry on a plane.\n>\n> This almost reads like you were trying to say \"Haven't been able to\n> find a SSB setup that is compact .... \".\n>\n> With the advent of smaller radios, you *can* carry an SSB satellite\n> setup on a plane that allows all-mode full-duplex satellite operation.\n> I travel with two FT-817NDs, and in recent times a TH-F6A (its all-\n> mode receiver is a backup to the 817 I use as a receiver) also goes\n> along, all in an old laptop bag.  If you want computer control of the\n> radios, you can use a netbook with software like SatPC32 - which\n> could also fit in the same bag.  Along with these 3 radios, I also\n> take a TH-D72A.  It is my APRS radio, and works well as a full-\n> duplex FM satellite radio.  That laptop bag also has room for more\n> batteries, a GPS receiver, compass, and and other accessories.\n>\n> Unless you are using a long flexible whip, the antenna (directional\n> antenna like a Yagi or log periodic, or a telescoping whip) may have\n> to go in a checked bag due to security regulations.  The higher-value\n> parts of your station can go with you into the cabin, along with the\n> accessories that are not considered dangerous for carry-on luggage.\n>\n> > Look at this from an emergency perspective. If you only had an ht\n> > and couldnt access a repeater, you woul at least have a chance to\n> > get help on a satellite pass.\n>\n> Definitely!  You'd have to be quick with your information, but that would\n> be a possibility.  Something I always kept in mind on my road trips around\n> northern Arizona and southern Utah in 2009 and 2010, since there were\n> many places without mobile-phone coverage up there.  Know when the\n> passes come by, and you can plan to show up on those passes to send\n> and receive information in that sort of situation.\n>\n> 73!\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\n> http://www.wd9ewk.net/\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n",
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