I've operated CW almost exclusively on VO52,FO29 and AO7, very little on SSB. I have been very discouraged at the lack of interest on these birds to the point that I've just about given up. Seems I call CQ, and listen to myself from AOS to LOS with no answers. At the same time, I do hear a fair amount of SSB activity. I do CW about 95% of the time on the HF bands and much prefer it over SSB. The lack of CW activity on the transponder birds is very evident. Guess it's another sign of the times with ham radio.
Jim Bob Buckeye AKA **** Jim Leder**** K8CXM since 1961 IBM retiree since 1999
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----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Craig Fox" DFox@rwglaw.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:57 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
Jerry, I am on AO7 often and work mostly AO7, FO29 and VO52, all on SSB. In fact, just saw Bob, W7LRD, posting below. He is one of my regulars on AO7. I only occasionally hear CW and in fact have had a few CW stations call me on SSB and we talk. Your 9 el and 5 el should be fine. Pass on the 'beaters for the SSB birds. SatPC32 shows you the edge of the sun and it is obvious whether or not it is hitting AO7. As Bob notes, even a little sun on AO7 is sufficient. In fact, its signals lately have been booming by AO7's standards. May just be the effects of the sun being higher.
Jerry, I work into 5 land regularly on AO7, FO29 and VO52 so feel free to call me on CW! CW signals are definitely easy copy.
regards,
Craig N6RSX
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org]On Behalf Of Gould Smith Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:20 PM To: kg4zlb@gmail.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
David,
Most tracking programs will tell you whether the satellite is in the sun or not. SatPC32 has text on the top left that tells you. You can do a preview and go ahead to the schedule pass times and read it out. Many text displays of satellite passes from the tracking programs have a symbol or text to tell you whether the satellite is in sun or not. Some will just tell you whether the satellite is in eclipse, if no eclipse designation then it is in the sun. Sometimes it is not obvious, so use the help file associated with the tracking program.
73, Gould, WA4SXM ----- Original Message ----- From: "David - KG4ZLB" kg4zlb@googlemail.com To: "John W Lee" k6yk@juno.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org; nr5ajerry@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
I am a newcomer to Mode A on AO-7 and for what its worth, I haven't heard anything other than CW signals on the Mode A passes.
Both VO-52 and FO-29 has its share of CW proponents, I usually hear them in the first half of the passband - not sure if that's a requirement or a gentleman's agreement but there is plenty of CW activity when the birds are in the footprint of me down here in EL96.
Maybe I am a little confused about what constitutes AO-7 being "in sunlight" but I work it at 10.00 to 11.00pm in darkness and it works fine!
-- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com
John W Lee wrote:
Jerry, I hate to say it but the CW activity is VERY slow on the birds these days. I don't like SSB and there's so little CW activity that I've basically given up on AO7 and VO52.
In the past I was 100% CW for about 20 years and there was always somebody to work.
Ao-7 only works in sunlight. And t he downlink is not real loud, but it does work.
73 John K6YK
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