Hi Chris,
While I haven't used an FT-817, I have worked AO-16 on 5 watts--through my 'short' M2 2M antenna.
Of course, it's all about gain--so where you are sending that 5 watts (a mag mount or 12dB gain array??) makes all the difference in the world...
The receiver on AO-16 is quite sensitive. Just now, I heard many VHF telephones from South/Central America/Caribbean coming through the bird :)
73,
Mark N8MH
At 01:00 PM 3/30/2008 -0700, you wrote:
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:42:33 +0100 From: "Chris Bloy" [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-817 use on AO16 To: [email protected] Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Hi all
Has anyone used an FT-817 on AO-16?
I am having issues getting into the repeater, I think partly due to the amount of stations trying to access! But has anyone managed with 5 watts?
Thanks,
Chris - M0DQO
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]