On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:55:07 -0500, skristof@etczone.com wrote:
Anybody using a Yaesu FT 857D to work the SSB satellites? If so, what do you think? Can you take it outside and use it with an Arrow antenna?
This is probably overkill, but I've got two of 'em, one each for up and down. One sitting on top of the other makes for a nice compact setup that's easy to read. I took a piece of advice from KB5WIA, who does it with two FT817's in a similar fashion (http://kb5wia.blogspot.jp/2010/10/satellite-portable-station.html), and change the color of the display on one of the rigs so I can tell them apart.
I also have an adapter for my Heil Proset 6 headset, so I have the headphone out jack coming out of one rig, and the mic/PTT going into the other with a hand switch. So all I have to do is walk around the back of my truck with a headset on, aiming an antenna on a tripod at the sky, with one hand gripping what looks like a detonator. You'll have to excuse me, the cops are here.