AO-7 is in Mode A every other day right now. You can operate AND be nostalgic!

73, Drew KO4MA

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From: Rob pabutusa@gmail.com Sent: Sep 19, 2013 4:40 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The "Good Ole Days" are now

I miss RS-6 and RS-8 .... sniff ....

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Pavel Milanes Costa co7wt@frcuba.co.cuwrote:

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Amen, I second that motion...

Third word hams who do not have 70cm rigs can work the sats more easily (70cm FM gear is very rare here, not to mention SSB)

The 2m uplink is workable with transverters and HF multimode CAT capable rigs are almost ubiquitous for the 10m downlink

73

El 18/09/13 17:48, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE escribió:

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I've been working sats off and on for many years. I must admit that I haven't done much since RS-12/13 and RS-15 went silent. I believe that if we had more "easy sats" with Mode VHF up and HF down they might be more popular. Tuning and alignment weren't as critical.

Just my two cents or so.

Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Grid EL09uf Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.**eaglecreekobservatory.orghttp://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I've stopped asking "How stupid can you be?" Some people are taking it as a challenge.

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@**amsat.orgamsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Les Rayburn Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:32 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] The "Good Ole Days" are now

Like many hams (I suspect), I dreamed of working satellites for decades. Followed them with at least a passing interest but always seemed to put them off till "someday". Even during the craze of the "work satellites with your handheld", I was distracted by other priorities. When I got involved in VHF/UHF a few years ago, and purchased an Icom IC-910H, I kept thinking I'd finally pull the trigger. But years passed without anything other than weak-signal contacts being made on that rig.

A few months ago, I finally decided to give it a try. Downloaded SATPC32, and updated my keps. FO-29 was the next satellite coming my way, so when I was inside the footprint, I tuned around a bit, and found some stations coming in. Cool! I was actually hearing hams on satellite---next up was answering a CQ...nervously I pushed the PTT on the mic.

82 grids and a few hundred contacts later, I'm having a ball!

I don't miss the birds that came before, but just enjoy what we have now. My only complaint might be that more folks are not active on F0-29 and VO-52. Even SO-50 can be nearly empty after midnight.

My understanding is that within the next year we'll have 2 or 3 more linear LEO satellites, and possibly another FM bird, right? While we may not work a lot of DX on those, we should get to the point where no one has to wait long for "something" to be overhead. That's exciting to me!

AMSAT is staffed with wonderful volunteers, and seems to be doing great work. I'm thrilled to be a member, even if it is #38965.

The good ole days are now. Get on the birds and make some contacts. I need your grid! (ha, ha)

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