Well thanks to all that have replied I have made some Satellite contacts on SO-50 and AO-51 I just find it seems kind of fast,the operators just speed out there call and grid square and I am having trouble copying it Even when I tell the to repeat it (which I don't really want to do because it takes up Sat time)they still fire it off way to fast(maybe I am not as young as I used to be)I just want to get some experience under my belt so I can try the U/L ssb Sats then maybe some of the dig Sats I have just joined Amsat and have found allot of info there,so I felt joining was a good idea and also to support them . Hope to have a qso with some of you,have to wait till it gets warmer out to put my antennas up,just finished building and testing my rotor controller,and have now got a good hang of SatPc32.I found that a rig only half duplex is a bit of a pain,so I am not able to hear myself on the down link,I will have to make arrangements with someone on calibrating the correct tuning with a half duplex rig on AO-7 Thanks to all who took an interest in my email. Howard VE4ISP Don't have my Amsat # yet sorry I guess it come in the mail Also how do you get into the members section?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Cavanaugh" seanc@unixgeeks.ca To: "Howard Kowall" hkowall@shaw.ca Cc: "AMSAT-BB@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: (no subject)
As someone who recently started working sats myself, I can only say try it. I was nervous the first time I keyed up, but that went away pretty quickly, and now I have a great time on the satellites.
Plus I need a VE4 QSO. ;)
-- Sean - VA5LF
Howard Kowall wrote:
Thank you very much for the reply Once again sorry for any inconvenience I have caused I am fairly new to Satellite operation but have been reading the emails coming in. Concerning AO-51 and SO-50, procedures all this talk makes me a little scared to try them,without making a mistake. Thanks Howard VE4ISP
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sven Arne Astrup" sastrup@online.no To: "'Howard Kowall'" hkowall@shaw.ca; "'AMSAT-BB@amsat.org'" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:54 PM Subject: SV: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
Seems to be working ok now!
73 de Sven LA6KJ
-----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] På vegne av Howard Kowall Sendt: 23. februar 2009 17:50 Til: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Emne: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
Hope I have this working now. Once again sorry for all this Howard VE4ISP _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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