AO-51 from IO67 square
Just heard M3IOP calling, practically from horizon to horizon with AO-51 reaching a maximum elevation of 12 degrees! Sadly I don't have any 23cm equipment to shout back. No other stations heard, either.
It's so nice and quiet up here away from all the SCADA clatter.
Gordon
"SCADA" ???
Gordon
If the uplink is on 23cm which I believe it is then I'm not quite sure why an M3 is using it.
According to the license T&Cs (as currently on the OFCOM site) M3s are not permitted on 23cm.
10GHz yes but nothing between 70cm and 10GHz.
Or did I miss something?
David
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce Sent: 14 April 2009 21:24 To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 from IO67 square
Just heard M3IOP calling, practically from horizon to horizon with AO-51 reaching a maximum elevation of 12 degrees! Sadly I don't have any 23cm equipment to shout back. No other stations heard, either.
It's so nice and quiet up here away from all the SCADA clatter.
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David Barber wrote:
Gordon
If the uplink is on 23cm which I believe it is then I'm not quite sure why an M3 is using it.
According to the license T&Cs (as currently on the OFCOM site) M3s are not permitted on 23cm.
10GHz yes but nothing between 70cm and 10GHz.
Or did I miss something?
David
Think he also has G1OCN? I'm not sure.
Anyway, I can't immediately verify whether or not M3 licence holders can use 23cm, although I'm pretty sure we can't use 12cm - odd that, since there's an ISM allocation slap bang in the middle. In any case, I don't have any 23cm gear so it's SO-50 only for a few weeks.
Gordon
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, David - KG4ZLB [email protected] wrote:
From: David - KG4ZLB [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 from IO67 square To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 1:36 PM "SCADA" ???
-- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com
Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Just heard M3IOP calling, practically from horizon to
horizon with AO-51
reaching a maximum elevation of 12 degrees! Sadly I
don't have any 23cm
equipment to shout back. No other stations heard,
either.
It's so nice and quiet up here away from all the
SCADA clatter.
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those of the author.
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Yes, you're quite right it is Dave...
Guess he forgot!!!
No contacts for him for a week then. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Gordon JC Pearce [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 April 2009 22:05 To: [email protected] Cc: 'amsat-bb' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 from IO67 square
David Barber wrote:
Gordon
If the uplink is on 23cm which I believe it is then I'm not quite sure why an M3 is using it.
According to the license T&Cs (as currently on the OFCOM site) M3s are not permitted on 23cm.
10GHz yes but nothing between 70cm and 10GHz.
Or did I miss something?
David
Think he also has G1OCN? I'm not sure.
Anyway, I can't immediately verify whether or not M3 licence holders can use 23cm, although I'm pretty sure we can't use 12cm - odd that, since there's an ISM allocation slap bang in the middle. In any case, I don't have any 23cm gear so it's SO-50 only for a few weeks.
Gordon
Well rot my little M3 socks.
I should have read up on it, but as far as I was concerned, M3 call sign holders could work satellites. It took a while for that to happen too if I remember correctly. Same for 2E calls as well.
I wasn't aware, until having just read the M3 course syllabus, that M3 call holders can only use 2 mtrs and 20 mtrs.
I'm sure I have heard M3 calls on 70cms repeaters before today. Well well well, we live and learn.
Thanks for the heads-up chaps.
Dave, M3IOP/G1OCN AMSAT UK 5766 Balmy Island Of Portland, Dorset. IO80SM.
Dave Aitch wrote:
I wasn't aware, until having just read the M3 course syllabus, that M3 call holders can only use 2 mtrs and 20 mtrs.
Err, what? Since when?
Gordon
Yes Dave, you have me foxed on that one too !
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