Dave,
I see you CCed the ao51-modes address. They are always looking for input for both new and old but popular modes.
Alan WA4SCA
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-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of KG4ZLB Sent: 04 October, 2009 14:04 To: Alan VE4YZ Cc: AMSAT BB; ao51-modes@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 L/S?
Remember "experimenters Wednesday's" ?
I would vote for some sort of return of that if possible.
David KG4ZLB
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On 4 Oct 2009, at 14:27, "Alan VE4YZ" ve4yz@mts.net wrote:
Bob, I second that! Right now I'm trying to locally sell my 2 K5GNA downconverters and seriously considering getting rid of a FT736r with the 1.2GHZ module because of the inactivity. My FT847 is all that gets used. The last local flea market this year is 2 weekends from now and then I have to think about doing an eBay.
A 3 or 4 day session on L/S, U/S or V/S once a month allows for experimenting and tweaking in addition to trying to work 1 or 2 of those days into your other commitments.
Thank goodness for baby monitors and older cordless phones so that I can periodically scan the horizon to check out the K5GNA's :-)
... Alan
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bob- W7LRD Sent: October 4, 2009 1:03 PM To: ao51-modes@amsat.org; ao51-modes@amsat.org Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 L/S?
Hello Gents
I would like to request a "somewhat" consistent L and / or S mode availability on AO- 51. A recent post by John-K8YSE correctly explained that long term L/S availability is almost counter productive. If we define that by the number of operators to pass ratio. There are a few of us L/S holdouts mostly from AO-40 (sobsob). If we could plan that for say three days (or whatever) at a given date we can expect those modes, and be ready. Right now it appears to be a month to month variable decision with nothing definitive. If there were more availabilty and chit-chat about L/S modes it might inspire others to try it. AO-51 is the only testbed for varied L/S modes. The only way I have for "tweeking" my S band gear is to put a -35Dbm signal source at the end of my driveway and tweeking my equipment and antennas. Real world evaluation is always the proof of success.
73 Bob W7LRD
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