Hello I never hear anyone talking about vo52. I was there aos to los cqing myself. The sat reminds me of the old rs 10 days. A good sized bandwidth and enough time for a couple short enjoyable qso's. See you there. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle
Hi Bob
I couldn't agree more. It is very much under utilized down here. Hope to hear VK3JED on VO52 real soon.
Paul, Sydney, Australia VK2TXT Ozsatgroup
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Hello I never hear anyone talking about vo52. I was there aos to los cqing myself. The sat reminds me of the old rs 10 days. A good sized bandwidth and enough time for a couple short enjoyable qso's. See you there. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
At 08:24 AM 10/26/2006, you wrote:
Hi Bob
I couldn't agree more. It is very much under utilized down here. Hope to hear VK3JED on VO52 real soon.
Unfortunately, as I mentioned in private email, one big issue for me is the UHF side of the bird. I don't have much in the way of UHF SSB gear, and I have noticed this is quite common, especially outside the major cities. Everyone has HF, and quite a lot of people have 2m SSB, but 70cm SSB starts to get scarce. Most of those who have it these days only have it because they managed to afford one of the newer all band, all mode rigs (FT-847, IC-706IIG, etc). I don't fall into that category, I'm another of the group who have 2m all mode (2 rigs even!), but nothing other than FM on any higher bands. :(
In the country, even UHF FM operators start to become thin on the ground, let alone SSB.
73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com
Key the PTT line of your UHF FM transmitter for a CW uplink. Turn the mic gain down or remove the mike all together.
It will chirp a bit, but it can be copied.
20 to 30 years ago, when 2M multimode rigs were not common, Lots of guys made their first Mode A contacts that way.
Most satellite SSB ops will come back to a CW signal.
It is not voice communication, but it will get you on the linear birds, which, in my opinion, opens up a whole new level of satellite ops. And arguably better with more opportunties.
Key the PTT line. It works. - Dr. Megacycle KK6MC/5
On Oct 25, 2006, at 8:37 PM, Tony Langdon wrote:
At 08:24 AM 10/26/2006, you wrote:
Hi Bob
I couldn't agree more. It is very much under utilized down here. Hope to hear VK3JED on VO52 real soon.
Unfortunately, as I mentioned in private email, one big issue for me is the UHF side of the bird. I don't have much in the way of UHF SSB gear, and I have noticed this is quite common, especially outside the major cities. Everyone has HF, and quite a lot of people have 2m SSB, but 70cm SSB starts to get scarce. Most of those who have it these days only have it because they managed to afford one of the newer all band, all mode rigs (FT-847, IC-706IIG, etc). I don't fall into that category, I'm another of the group who have 2m all mode (2 rigs even!), but nothing other than FM on any higher bands. :(
In the country, even UHF FM operators start to become thin on the ground, let alone SSB.
73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com
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At 01:35 PM 10/26/2006, James Duffey wrote:
Key the PTT line of your UHF FM transmitter for a CW uplink. Turn the mic gain down or remove the mike all together.
It will chirp a bit, but it can be copied.
True, the question is how much of the response I'll be able to copy! :-) I have to keep CW slooooow.. :(
20 to 30 years ago, when 2M multimode rigs were not common, Lots of guys made their first Mode A contacts that way.
Most satellite SSB ops will come back to a CW signal.
If the other end can copy, might be worth a shot, either slow CW or cross mode... I will have to wire the key across the PTT though, the PTT is awful for CW - I'd barely manage QLF! :-D
It is not voice communication, but it will get you on the linear birds, which, in my opinion, opens up a whole new level of satellite ops. And arguably better with more opportunties.
I'm yet to be convinced, in the case of LEOs, because we NEED the popularity of FM to actually get a contact down here! I used to try RS-12/13 when it was active, and the only QSOs (both SSB and CW) I ever had on it were pre-arranged with locals on FM before the pass. I have even been known to have UO-14, SO-50 and AO-51 to myself for an entire pass!
Now when it comes to HEOs, that's a different ball game, because HEOs allow us to actually get outside our back yard. And I plan on having at least V/U SSB ready for P3E and Eagle... Should have put enough away for a decent station by then. :-)
73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com
I'm surprised to hear VO-52 is underused bird over NA.
VO-52 is very crowded over JA. Recently, many CW portable stations QRV from everywhere in JA. They are hopping each orbit and QRV from different place. I made over 100 very short CW QSOs this month. VO-52 is easy sat for CW station. Some portable stations are using simple V/UHF dual-band mobile whip antenna, and win the good results.
73
Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan
Hello I never hear anyone talking about vo52. I was there aos to los cqing myself. The sat
reminds me of the old rs 10 days. A good sized bandwidth and enough time for a couple short enjoyable qso's. See you there.
73 Bob W7LRD Seattle
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