Everyone: A genuine newby to satellites, I plan to get QRV with U/V bands as soon as I can (likely few months yet) due to difficulty procuring the orbital ring rotors required to clear the trees at my QTH.
My goal is to work as many DXCCs over time as possible (and probably WAS too). Given this goal, is L-band helpful (will there be even 1 or more new DXCC QRV on L-band that is easier or not workable on U/V) vs. conventional U/V bands or should I stick with U/V given my interests/goals?
Thank you 73,
Dave KJ9I
On 10/7/18, 5:31 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Andrew Glasbrenner" <amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org on behalf of glasbrenner@mindspring.com> wrote:
Like most Sundays UTC it is in L/v mode, with an uplink at 1267.358 or so.
73, Drew KO4MA
On Oct 7, 2018, at 5:29 PM, Ross Biggar ross.biggar@outlook.com wrote:
Hi all, Is it my receiver or has the uplink on AO-92 gone silent or not receiving any uplink. I wan't able to access on the previous pass, and no access on this pass (at 10.24 NZtime). AO-85 is ok I could access that with a 4 degree pass ok 30 minutes ago.
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You aren't going to find any stations on L/V that aren't more active on U/V. So you aren't going to work anyone new on L/V. The population of L/V users seems to be a small fraction (less than 5%, possibly much less) of the total population of U/V users. And I don't think anyone finds L/V mode easier to work than U/V mode.
The only advantage to L/V is that you will have access to AO-92 (and some future satellites like Fox-1C) during those 24-hour intervals once a week (Saturday evening to Sunday evening) when L/V mode is active. I initially got into L/V mode solely for this reason, although it did turn into a good opportunity for me to do some experimentation with antennas and operating ergonomics.
73, Ryan AI6DO
On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 3:44:02 PM PDT, David J. Schmocker kj9idave@charter.net wrote:
Everyone: A genuine newby to satellites, I plan to get QRV with U/V bands as soon as I can (likely few months yet) due to difficulty procuring the orbital ring rotors required to clear the trees at my QTH.
My goal is to work as many DXCCs over time as possible (and probably WAS too). Given this goal, is L-band helpful (will there be even 1 or more new DXCC QRV on L-band that is easier or not workable on U/V) vs. conventional U/V bands or should I stick with U/V given my interests/goals?
Thank you 73,
Dave KJ9I
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