Hi Oscar,
That was myself who replied JA AGAIN so you made it in OK but a little weak, what antenna are you using with the handheld for best results you will need a directional yagi and either a radio that does duplex (RX/TX at the same time) or two radios the cheap Chinese FM radios work.
Hopefully hear you on another pass!
Peter, 2M0SQL
On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 14:16, Oscar Acton via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hello,
My callsign is M7OJA. I was tracking the Fox-1D satellite and I called out into a handheld radio with 8 watts into a collinear omnidirectional antenna on my roof when the satellite passed. I heard a station come back very clearly with "Juliet Alpha again". Unfortunately, the satellite had passed by then, but I am impressed that I managed to get in with my minimal station setup.
I would like to try to maximise the time I have to use the satellite. My handheld radio (Anytone 868) doesn't have an auto doppler shift, so I am wondering how to calculate the doppler frequencies? For example, on this link https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-fm-satellites/, all of the frequencies are listed to be programmed into a handheld (accounting for doppler shift). I would like a similar list of frequencies for the Fox-1D (or know how to calculate them).
Many Thanks,
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