A question about the UHF and Vhf Fm repeaters
Hello there,
I am rather new to satellites and I am wondering when you contact So50 is there a plus or minus setting or is it supposed to be a no offset? Otherwise, I have everything else going and heard So50 just about 5 minutes ago.
Have a wonderful day. Scott Berry n7zib@northlc.com
I assume by offset you mean like a repeater offset. SO-50, like the other FM voice satellites, is cross band. SO-50 listens on 145.850, and transmits on 436.795 or thereabouts. You also need a 67 Hz PL tone on the uplink.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Berry" n7zib@northlc.com To: "Amsat Bulletin Board" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 3:13 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] A question about the UHF and Vhf Fm repeaters
Hello there,
I am rather new to satellites and I am wondering when you contact So50 is there a plus or minus setting or is it supposed to be a no offset? Otherwise, I have everything else going and heard So50 just about 5 minutes ago.
Have a wonderful day. Scott Berry n7zib@northlc.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
No offset - but there is a 67.0 hz PL tone required.
145.850 up, with the tone, and 436.795 (+/- Doppler) down.
Something else to note about SO-50. It's receive antenna is a 0-gain quarter wave vertical mounted on one corner of the satellite. It's transmit antenna is another 0-gain quarter wave vertical mounted on another corner of the satellite, and turned slightly inward. It transmits a quarter-watt into that quarter wave.
I like to think of it as a little QRPp station in Low Earth Orbit!
73,
Tim - N3TL AMSAT Member No. 36820 QRP-ARCI Member No. 5547 ARRL Member No. 7027180 Athens, Ga. - EM84ha -------------- Original message from Scott Berry n7zib@northlc.com: --------------
Hello there, I am rather new to satellites and I am wondering when you contact So50 is there a plus or minus setting or is it supposed to be a no offset? Otherwise, I have everything else going and heard So50 just about 5 minutes ago.
Have a wonderful day. Scott Berry n7zib@northlc.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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