9 Apr
2009
9 Apr
'09
2:36 p.m.
I am a newcomer to Mode A on AO-7 and for what its worth, I haven't heard anything other than CW signals on the Mode A passes.
Both VO-52 and FO-29 has its share of CW proponents, I usually hear them in the first half of the passband - not sure if that's a requirement or a gentleman's agreement but there is plenty of CW activity when the birds are in the footprint of me down here in EL96.
Maybe I am a little confused about what constitutes AO-7 being "in sunlight" but I work it at 10.00 to 11.00pm in darkness and it works fine!
--
David
KG4ZLB
www.kg4zlb.com
John W Lee wrote:
> Jerry,
> I hate to say it but the CW activity is VERY slow on the
> birds these days. I don't like SSB and there's so little CW
> activity that I've basically given up on AO7 and VO52.
>
> In the past I was 100% CW for about 20 years and there
> was always somebody to work.
>
> Ao-7 only works in sunlight. And t he downlink is not real loud,
> but it does work.
>
> 73
> John K6YK
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:21:39 -0600 Jerry Felts nr5ajerry@gmail.com
> writes:
>
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