On 4 May 2010 at 22:22, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
Date sent: Tue, 04 May 2010 22:22:54 -0500 From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" gary_mayfield@hotmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Field Day mode for AO-51 Copies to: amsat-bb@amsat.org
I have L band gear. When the bird is in L/U Luc and I have a great time talking to each other. When the bird is in V/U I'll make half a dozen or more contacts in a pass. I voted for mode L, because I didn't believe V/U was an option and S band is becoming too full of interference.
L/U is a great mode but to have my setup Field Day ready it's another question. I'm using a PCR 1000 as a way to measure my uplink frequency on the PCR-1000 scope display, i should bring my transverter plus my preamp who will be installed on the top of my satellite tower at that time plus my FT-847 and 2 power supply. As i don't have a second L-band antenna i can use a simple patch feed who i think will not be enough to be able to reach AO-51.
Again i vote for L/U but not too sure if i will be able to make it. As a suggestion Mode S/U can be challenging as downconverter are easy to find and the S band antenna too. I don't remember if this configuration has ever been used in the past but it will be something interesting to work and this setup will be easy to build for field day.
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