[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: VO-52 FM Operation

On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 18:29:34 +0100 "i8cvs" domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:

Hi, WA4HFN

Well sayd.............I agree with you !

CW and SSB is just what we have to do on VO-52

BTW, it's impossible to access VO-52 in FM with a 5 watt HT and arrow antennas because for a decent QSO on CW and SSB we need at least 50 watt and a 13 dBi 70 cm antenna.

So, VO-52 is either broken or pointless?

Why would you want to lug around so much equipment to work a satellite? Not to mention the difficulty in aiming such a sharp aerial at it - you'd need a computer-controlled rotator. And if you're going to have to sit in front of a computer to make a QSO you may as well use Skype.