Hi Bernhard, It's been stated that the uplink frequency is about 10KHz lower than published. You'll want to start around 435.160 and end around 435.180
Some have found it easier to make it into the bird for the second half of the pass.
The antenna polarization is the same for RX & TX so if you're using an Arrow you'll want to twist it to the weakest receive signal before transmitting.
Good luck, hope to catch you on!
Bill VE6WK
Regards, Bill On Jan 10, 2016 8:48 PM, "B J" va6bmj@gmail.com wrote:
I've made several attempts to work this bird with my '817, since it's winter where I live and setting up my IC-910 on my balcony would be impractical.
I programmed my radio with the nominal uplink and downlink at 435.180 and 145.980, respectively. I haven't made any contacts so far, so I'm wondering if I should adjust the uplink closer to 435.172. (I'm assuming, of course, that I haven't been blacklisted or some such thing, hi.)
Please advise. Thank you.
73s
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