Hi, Dave!
Welcome back.
You have it right. But. Most of the time the link is already active on SO-50. Usually you only need to send the 67 Hz PL tone when transmitting on SO-50.
The other 74.4 Hz PL tone activates a 10-minute timer. Usually, someone else has done that.
73!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6
On May 18, 2016, at 11:27, Comcast cwo4mann@comcast.net wrote:
I'm starting up again after many years. I worked through AO-6 and the RS birds when I was DA1BB. my understanding of postings is that once I select the 2-m and 70cm FM frequencies, and the bird begins AOS I key in a tone to open the link, then change the tone to use when transmitting. Am I understanding protocols OK? I can hears many passes using my Yaesu FT-8800, an automatic switching preamp for both bands, and a set of M2 helicals for each band. Any advice is appreciated.
73 Dave N4CVX, ex-DA1BB, ex-VP2EHF
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On May 18, 2016, at 12:52, Daryl - K4RGK k4rgk@arrl.net wrote:
Hi Philip,
Several of them are very rewarding and rather easy once you are accustomed to linear birds. FO-29 would be my recommendation for "easiest" in terms of consistent behavior and high likelihood of successful contacts. "Easy" includes finding several or more good operators on most passes.
Daryl K4RGK
On May 18, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I know the first/easiest path to sat communications is on the FM birds (which I agree with), but when someone is ready to "graduate" to the linear sats, which would be the best/easiest one to start with?
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