Re: [amsat-bb] Recommended Power for FO-29?

Hi all,

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 7:37 PM, B J va6bmj@gmail.com wrote:

On 5/28/16, Christopher Maness christopher.maness@gmail.com wrote:

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It has been a while since I have been on FO-29, and I was also limited with power. However, I now have my TS-2000X running, I am going to give the old bird a shot. I have at my disposal 100W of uplink with my arrow antenna, I am going to assume this is too much. Is 25W or 50W more appropriate? Opinions?

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I set up my station outside and have to hold my Arrow. Because of that, I've restricted myself to 5 W and that's usually adequate.

73s

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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