I misread the question, I in no way was suggesting to use FM on any of the SSB satellites.
Pete MI3EPN
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM, i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "P.H." bbjunkie@f2s.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:34 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FM Birds
And FO-29 ! (when illuminated)
Pete MI3EPN
Hi Pete, MI3EPN
Absolutely wrong because FO-29 has a linear transponder designed for use on CW and SSB.
Why to vaste a lot of battery power using a stady carrier in FM and why to occupy a wide band interfering those who are using CW and SSB ?
For the same reason no body was using FM in the early 1970-1980 with satellites like OSCAR-6 , OSCAR-7 and OSCAR-8
Use please those many FM satellites specifically designed for a single channel in FM.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico