----- Original Message ----- From: "Bato,Andras" bato@starjan.hu To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] There's no usable satellites
Gentlemen,
I have spent too much money on an FT-847!
I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead!
There is practically no usable satellites -except for AO-7 and VO-52.
The problem is that you can find always the same stations on them.
F2IL is in my log about 300 times...
Spending money on FM satellites were made according to long term plans of IARU, ARRL and AMSAT which had been a dream of handling emergency traffic using hand-held equipment and antenna -as far as I know.
Satellite activity is seriously declining!
gl de ha6nn Andras
Hi Andras,HA6NN
You are one of the only person that agree with me because if you like to talk for more than 5 seconds giving only your call and locator into a lot of QRM on a FM satellites actually for a decent QSO there are no usable satellites except AO-7 and VO-52 and this is why I pull for a HEO satellite like P3-E but every time I did it I receive a lot of insult in AMSAT-BB
I spent a lot of money on satellites according to the long term plans of IARU, ARRL and AMSAT which promised to provide us with HEO satellites to communicate worldwide much better than in HF.
After AO40 died about then years ago my antennas for the S band and K band are becaming rusty over the roof waiting for the future but....what future if we cannot experiment on worldwide satellite communications using from VHF to the microwave bands ?
Yes you are right writing:"I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead! "
73" de
i8CVS Domenico