Tim,
Your point is valid. There is another way to look at this, though. In general I find that on Field Day the mode FM birds are NOT a good way to show 2-way satellite communications to a group or club. I have tried to make a contact (portable, handheld operations) for the last few years, and it's been a bust. I have generally gone to just receiving the birds, rather than creating an expectation for a contact that I can't deliver.
And AO-51 isn't the only operational bird...so putting the bird into mode L/S or L/U might actually allow more stations to make contacts on Field Day.
Food for thought :)
Mark N8MH
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Tim Cunningham tim_cunningham@charter.net wrote:
If the desire is to promote Amateur Radio Satellites on Field Day for the greater majority there will be more stations with V/U and/or V/S capability than L/S or L/U capability based on historical observation. You can promote variety or you can promote AMSAT to the greater Amateur Radio community. Field Day should be a day utilized to promote Amateur Radio Satellites, not a separate or elite group that the majority will fail to achieve without more unique equipment required. If we fail to reach the greater Amateur Radio community we may fail to reach out to a greater number of new recruits.
73's, Tim - N8DEU
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D." ko6th_greg@hotmail.com To: glasbrenner@mindspring.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org; ao51-modes@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 10:29 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 update
I'd vote for either L/U or L/S, which ever is easier on the batteries.
Greg KO6TH
Additionally, the AO51-modes group would like your input on the desired Field Day mode. We will likely be limited to one transmitter operation. With AO-27, SO-50, and possibly SO-67 and HO-68 on V/U FM, S band or L/U operation is looking very promising to provide some variety.
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