Hi Bob!
Nice to hear you last night!
When you worked me last night, my L-band setup was an old Kenwood TM-541A 1.2 GHz FM mobile radio and a 10-element Yagi I bought from an eBay seller. I usually run 10 watts from this radio, which compensates for the coarse (10 kHz) tuning steps. AO-92's AFC does a good job at picking me up, even when my uplink frequency is a bit off what AO-92 is expecting. The 10-element Yagi was strapped onto the handle for my Elk log periodic.
When I started working AO-92 L/V, I used an Alinco DJ-G7T HT with a 5-element Yagi on the HT's antenna connector. Later, I used that 10-element Yagi with the DJ-G7T, and I could work AO-92 at either 1W or (sometimes) 300mW. The DJ-G7T tunes in 5 kHz steps, which helps the lower transmitter power output compared to the TM-541A.
For all of my AO-92 L/V activity, I use a TH-D74 and Elk on the 2m downlink. I record the downlink with the HT. AO-92 is easy to hear, as long as it clears the trees and my neighbors' houses when I operate from home.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:54 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Hi all- I would be curious to know what "everyone" is using for L band gear. Perhaps others would like to know. example I run IC-910- at 10W 70 feet of LMR600 24 element looper yagi horizontal polarized