Hi Mark-Maybe with a fairly high gain antenna and a high elevation.  That would be fun to play with.  Tracking the doppler would be a challange.  But then, "if it were easy, everyone would be doing it".

73 Bob W7LRD

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Spencer" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:28:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb]  1.2 GHZ to AO 51 with 1 watt ?

I recently acquired a 1.2 GHZ handheld that has a max output of one watt.   Any thoughts about how well this would work with AO51 ?  Would a hand held antenna be feasible ?   Just curious.  Thnx

VE7AF7

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