I have tried all week to be able to hear the S-band downlink with a BBQ grill dish and AIDC 3731 converter. I checked aim of my antennas and can receive a signal when a signal source is hanging off the dish but no joy as far as hearing the bird itself. I don't have an antenna for L band yet so I can't transmit. I'm very discouraged and about ready to yank the dish/downconverter off the mast and give up. 73, Michael, W4HIJ
Robert Roy wrote:
Kevin: glad to see your working yourself on the S downlink of AO-51....havent used my DEM down converter (2400 to 144) in a long time but have heard nothing while listing this week.....l dont guess there are hundreds of people with L band up links......am using BBQ grill, DEM down-converter and PCR 1000 receiver.....need to get a signal source for 2.4 ghz to further test the S downlink as there are no other mode S satellites that l know of.......73 Rob
Message: 6 Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:33:38 -0400 From: "Kevin J. Smith" kevin.j.smith@comcast.net Subject: [amsat-bb] 9-17-06 14:50 UTC pass of AO-51 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Message-ID: 000601c6da6e$a61d17a0$2900a8c0@N3HKQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
In FN00 I seemed to have the entire pass to myself. I did hear myself on a few occasions as I was sending out my call. I do have quite a few trees to contend with around my property so it is possible I could not hear others. I will be on the 9-18-06 00:25 UTC pass this evening. I hope to contact others as this will be my last opportunity to make an L/S contact before AO-51 switches to V/U. Thanks for the bandwidth.
Kevin Smith N3HKQ FN00be