[amsat-bb] Active ISS L/V with 10W and 16 element yagi

Hi to all,

Just to confirm that I made a contact with ISS L/V repeater using the following set up:

FT 736R with 10W on 1.2 GHz 16 El Comet 1216E horizontal yagi on 1.2 GHz (16 db gain, 54 inches long ) 120 Ft of LMR 400 from the shack to the top of the tower (loses 4.5 db/ 100 ft @1.2 GHz) ERP is less than 120 Watt ( not counting the "N" connectors ) Using manual doppler (hard to tune with the SatPC32) Time was 9.33 AM UTC (1.33AM local time), location Vancouver, BC, Canada, CN89 Max elevation 42 deg, I turned the repeater at around 32 deg elevation with FM-N. Talked to myself for about 30 sec or so... lost again around 32 deg ..

73! Dino VE7XDT