Hi to all,
I'm Pavel CO7WT, I was off-air from quite long time, mainly because haven't radio for 70cm...
I'm glad to inform you that I have now a Wouxun KG-UV8E and it's capable of full duplex in U/V mode, that means all fox satellites!
This past weekend I made some attempts in AO-92 and reception in SO-50, that resulted in failure (can't hear my signal coming trough the bird, nor the 70cm downlink of SO-50)
I'm using a homebrew cross yagui with 3el in 2m and 7 el in 70cm... I have located and fixed the failure: a open condenser in the UHF part of the VHF/UHF (homebrewed) diplexer, almost two years of storage + used/rescued parts have consequences.
Sadly it was to late for Sunday noon passes, I made some test with my laptop and a RTL-SDR and the diplexer is working now, I have seen/heard some beacons from digi satellites in the 70cm band, but this night is raining, so no joy for today; AO-91 is passing NOW but heavy rain keep me inside.
I will be working as time permit on week days, mainly night passes beyond 1800 local (-4GMT) and weekends... be kind with me I'm rusted on sat operation...
cu on the birds!
PS: I have not yet figured the "record" part of the wiring, full duplex with a handy needs a headphone and mike to control, so I will be asking here for partial calls from time to time until I figure it out, ideas are welcomed.
73 CO7WT Pavel.