29 Aug
2012
29 Aug
'12
10:28 a.m.
--- On Wed, 29/8/12, Kevin Deane summit496@live.com wrote:
I am dying to work AO-7 for sure and VO-52, FO-29 but gave up trying to do so without the right equipment.
Yes full duplex is a must for working linear sats. If you already have an FT-857 you've already got the "hard part", generating SSB on 70 cm, sorted. All you need is a separate receiver.
A $20 RTL2832-E4000 TV Dongle would appear the cheapest way of achieving that, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTh4DAmMzrM
I've never used that dongle myself but it may well provide sufficient performance to receive a 2m satellite downlink. Has anyone used one to receive amateur linear sats ?
73 Trevor M5AKA