Thanks to all for the info on the handhelds. I appreciate your quick responses and personal insights and experiences. After a little more research on the subject, it looks like SO-50 is the only operational FM repeater satellite? Is that correct and,if so, is a dual-band FM handheld still a reasonable option for getting started? Looks like the upcoming FOX satellites are going to be FM repeaters, so maybe it's still worth it? Again, as a newbie, I appreciate your thoughts.
Steve AI9IN skristof@etczone.com
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:08 AM, jerry.tuyls@telenet.be wrote:
Steve
The Yaesu FT-60 works FB on FM sats, just 1 memory needed.You can tune the downlink from the stored memory which works great, so no need to program 10 channels with different freqs. Or u can use 1 FT-817ND with the interface on ARRL store to tune freqs by pc. Can work all sats!
73's
Jerry,ON4CJQ
----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Steve Kristoff" skristof@etczone.com Aan: amsat-bb@amsat.org Verzonden: Dinsdag 20 januari 2015 23:18:11 Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] Handheld for LEO satellites?
I'm new to the list and have been listening to some satellites. I'd like to move on to QSOs. Can folks recommend a handheld that will get me on the most commonly used satellites? I'd be grateful for multiple suggestions and reviews. Thanks!
Steve Kristoff AI9IN skristof@etczone.com
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