These U/V XW-2 birds are so loud almost anyone with the most modest station can work them.

I have 296 contacts logged between XW-2A,B,C,D,E, & F. The majority on are A & C.

73 Clayton W5PFG

On 7/2/2016 09:43, Bob wrote:

Hey Craig,

I've called CQ for dozens of passes and heard nobody else on the XW Sats. But I agree, my signal is loud and clear. Very underutilized.

73, Bob, WB4SON

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:06 PM, D. Craig Fox DFox@rwglaw.com wrote:

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Wow so under used Was on the last passes of XW2C and XW2F Very loud, very quiet - too bad Will be on XW2A in one minute- high pass again for SoCal 73s Craig N6RSX _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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I'll try to be on the morning passes tomorrow if I wake up in time!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Glenn Miller - AA5PK aa5pk@suddenlink.net wrote:

I've worked them using 3 watts PEP and an Arrow. IMO XW-2F has the best transponder. BTW, I worked Craig on -2A and -2F in the past hour. WA7ETH was in there also.

73 Glenn AA5PK -----Original Message----- From: Clayton W5PFG Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 9:21 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] XW sats These U/V XW-2 birds are so loud almost anyone with the most modest station can work them.

I have 296 contacts logged between XW-2A,B,C,D,E, & F. The majority on are A & C.

73 Clayton W5PFG

On 7/2/2016 09:43, Bob wrote:

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Hey Craig,

I've called CQ for dozens of passes and heard nobody else on the XW Sats. But I agree, my signal is loud and clear. Very underutilized.

73, Bob, WB4SON

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:06 PM, D. Craig Fox DFox@rwglaw.com wrote:

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Wow so under used Was on the last passes of XW2C and XW2F Very loud, very quiet - too bad Will be on XW2A in one minute- high pass again for SoCal 73s Craig N6RSX

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They are easy to work. I have been successful at finding my signal by putting the center of the pass band for up/down frequency in satpc's doppler.sqf which is great.

With that, on XW-* I'm close enough to tweak using my voice to adjust my uplink. No dits and no carriers are needed.

Reflecting on my experience of the last few years field days of high ERP carriers:

Im trying to do "CW-less 'spotting' on the linear sats"...in other words, I can "do the math" with software to find my downlink on most of the linear sats, thus I'm trying to avoid putting any dits thru the passband at all to minimize my impact on others fun.

Happy holiday weekend !

Thanks, Mike W4UOO

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On Jul 3, 2016, at 8:48 AM, Jeff Griffin kb2m@arrl.net wrote:

Whenxx I was setting up my sat station in Florida I could work the X birds with just a dualband vertical. I could work at least one station a pass in that configuration. I could hear my D/L just enough to make some contacts. Give it a try...

73 Jeff kb2m

-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clayton W5PFG Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 10:21 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] XW sats

These U/V XW-2 birds are so loud almost anyone with the most modest station can work them.

I have 296 contacts logged between XW-2A,B,C,D,E, & F. The majority on are A & C.

73 Clayton W5PFG

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On 7/2/2016 09:43, Bob wrote: Hey Craig,

I've called CQ for dozens of passes and heard nobody else on the XW Sats. But I agree, my signal is loud and clear. Very underutilized.

73, Bob, WB4SON

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On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:06 PM, D. Craig Fox DFox@rwglaw.com wrote:

Wow so under used Was on the last passes of XW2C and XW2F Very loud, very quiet - too bad Will be on XW2A in one minute- high pass again for SoCal 73s Craig N6RSX

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Ted,

There's no telling when it will be on. Some will post on here, or on the AMSAT status page http://amsat.org/status/ whenever it is on. The previous Monday/Wednesday/Friday "schedule" is only a suggestion now. It has been on any day of the week, and sometimes only for a few hours at a time. It was on during Field Day, and helped those who gave it a listen during those passes.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:23 AM, Ted k7trkradio@charter.net wrote:

Hi Craig, do you know the current status of Lilacsat? It used to be on MWFridays. Some say it is back...just wondering

Thanks, Ted K7TRK