Hi Eli,

The XW series of satellites have linear transponders and are accessible with SSB (or CW). You may be able to hear the beacons to an extent with your HT, but I wouldn't expect much more. But generally you'll need SSB gear to get on the linear sats. Additionally, the XWs aren't used nearly as much as the FM sats or more popular SSB sats like FO-29 and AO-7, but it's definitely not hard to find a QSO on them.

73, Gabe AL6D/VE6NJH

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 8:45 PM Eli Caul <eli.caul@sonic.com wrote:

Hi folks -

I've had great luck on AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 using an FM HT and the Arrow antenna. However, I've never been able to hear any of the XW satellites, and I'm seeing them as active on the AMSAT status page. XW2-C just went by 500 miles away at decent elevation and not a peep.

I'm concerned that I'm reading the frequency chart wrong, or ? - Could someone please send me a sample setup for one of them so I can be sure I'm interpreting everything correctly?

Any assistance much appreciated!

73 de KK6ZHZ,

• Eli Caul

Director of Customer Care Sonic.net, Inc. 707-237-6201 Direct 707-521-0131 Faxline

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Eli, Glad you are having good luck with the FM birds. Hope to catch you on one of them. The XW birds are all SSB linear transponders. Your FM HT won't work for those. You will need all mode tranceivers to work those.

73. Scott, KA7FVV Director - KBARA kbara.org Alternate Board of Director - AMSAT amsat.org Co-Owner WA7DRE 443.525 System Fusion Repeater Co-Owner KA7FVV 147.320 KBARA Repeater www.ka7fvv.net

On Nov 7, 2018, at 18:08, Eli Caul eli.caul@sonic.com wrote:

Hi folks -

I've had great luck on AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 using an FM HT and the Arrow antenna. However, I've never been able to hear any of the XW satellites, and I'm seeing them as active on the AMSAT status page. XW2-C just went by 500 miles away at decent elevation and not a peep.

I'm concerned that I'm reading the frequency chart wrong, or ? - Could someone please send me a sample setup for one of them so I can be sure I'm interpreting everything correctly?

Any assistance much appreciated!

73 de KK6ZHZ,

• Eli Caul

Director of Customer Care Sonic.net, Inc. 707-237-6201 Direct 707-521-0131 Faxline

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