--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Don don1018@comcast.net wrote:
From: Don don1018@comcast.net Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-817 Hmmm To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Received: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 5:51 PM The FT-817 appears to be a popular rig among satellite users of the fm birds. As they a all mode rigs I wonder how well they would work for a linear transponder set up? Rigs for that use are a little hard to come by. I am hoping to move in that direction some time. However it kind of needs to be portable as I am surrounded by trees at my house.
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I set up my FT-817 for working the HO-68 linear transponder a while ago and made some contacts last week. I had some problems in hearing responses to my calls, so I corrected the settings for some of the memories.
Right now, the frequency increment of 500 Hz provides reasonable coverage for the downlink. I switch between the memories and the VFO during a pass, using the latter to check the satellite's location by tuning in the beacon.
I'll try again when the satellite's in SSB mode and see what happens.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL