Just had a very low pass here in CM98 - 2 degrees off to the north-west, over the ocean. I heard Veronica on the downlink, but was not able to get into the bird myself.
I only have 10 watts from my FT-736R into a 32 element horizontally-polarized beam, fed with 60' of mostly hardline, and some RG-213 at the ends. So, I'm guessing no more than a couple of watts at the antenna... But I was basing Doppler on 1267.350; will try .360 tonight on the 20:47 PDT pass. 47 degrees; should be a LOT easier, too.
Greg KO6TH
Mike Seguin wrote:
I'm wondering what other ops are seeing for Doppler settings on their L-Band uplink. Here in VT - last pass - It was pretty consistently +10 kHz on my FT-736R.
I plan to change SATPC32 to use 1267.360 and give that a try. I was using manual VFO mode on the rig, so I had full range tuning - not steps - and could adjust for best quieting.
L band system here: FT-736R - 1.2 GHz module DL2AM 60 watt amp (power is fully adjustable) D/S 55 el 1269 loop yagi G5400 rotors