I am encouraged by the numbers of Satellite operators who would also to like to make a DE contact. I appreciate that it is less complicated to set up a portable station for the FM mode but my hope is whomever makes DE available has linear satellite capability. With my present station in western OR I cannot work further east than MT on FM birds but can work the Midwest on CAS-4A/B and the east coast on RS-44. 73 - Al -N7EQF -CN84
Albert,
I'm confused and have to ask as to why you can't work past MT on FM. I'm one gird over from you (CN94) and have worked the entire eastern seaboard and Puerto Rico via FM from here. Do you have some massive mountain blocking you?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:00 PM Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I am encouraged by the numbers of Satellite operators who would also to like to make a DE contact. I appreciate that it is less complicated to set up a portable station for the FM mode but my hope is whomever makes DE available has linear satellite capability. With my present station in western OR I cannot work further east than MT on FM birds but can work the Midwest on CAS-4A/B and the east coast on RS-44. 73 - Al -N7EQF -CN84
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Casey, I am confused also. At my former QTH (30 East of my present location) I had M2 CP antennas and could work stations as far as you described. At my present location in Dallas OR my antennas are egg beaters in the attic and work better than I thought they would on linear birds but are poor on the FM satellites. For example, this morning I just worked the new ISS FM V/u system for my first time. I could not receive the downlink until the elevation was greater than 20 and the range was less than 900 km. As soon as the elevation dropped below 20 degrees and the range was greater than 1000 km, I lost my down link. My guess is it is due to polarity mis-match between the satellite and my antennas. 73 - Al - N7EQF
________________________________ From: KI7UNJ Tucker ki7unj@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:21 AM To: Albert Ozias alozias@live.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Delaware Contact
Albert,
I'm confused and have to ask as to why you can't work past MT on FM. I'm one gird over from you (CN94) and have worked the entire eastern seaboard and Puerto Rico via FM from here. Do you have some massive mountain blocking you?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:00 PM Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I am encouraged by the numbers of Satellite operators who would also to like to make a DE contact. I appreciate that it is less complicated to set up a portable station for the FM mode but my hope is whomever makes DE available has linear satellite capability. With my present station in western OR I cannot work further east than MT on FM birds but can work the Midwest on CAS-4A/B and the east coast on RS-44. 73 - Al -N7EQF -CN84
Albert,
I think you stated your issue in the first paragraph "egg beaters in the attic"
On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 9:37 AM Albert Ozias alozias@live.com wrote:
Casey, I am confused also. At my former QTH (30 East of my present location) I had M2 CP antennas and could work stations as far as you described. At my present location in Dallas OR my antennas are egg beaters in the attic and work better than I thought they would on linear birds but are poor on the FM satellites. For example, this morning I just worked the new ISS FM V/u system for my first time. I could not receive the downlink until the elevation was greater than 20 and the range was less than 900 km. As soon as the elevation dropped below 20 degrees and the range was greater than 1000 km, I lost my down link. My guess is it is due to polarity mis-match between the satellite and my antennas. 73 - Al - N7EQF
From: KI7UNJ Tucker ki7unj@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2020 7:21 AM To: Albert Ozias alozias@live.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Delaware Contact
Albert,
I'm confused and have to ask as to why you can't work past MT on FM. I'm one gird over from you (CN94) and have worked the entire eastern seaboard and Puerto Rico via FM from here. Do you have some massive mountain blocking you?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:00 PM Albert Ozias via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I am encouraged by the numbers of Satellite operators who would also to like to make a DE contact. I appreciate that it is less complicated to set up a portable station for the FM mode but my hope is whomever makes DE available has linear satellite capability. With my present station in western OR I cannot work further east than MT on FM birds but can work the Midwest on CAS-4A/B and the east coast on RS-44. 73 - Al -N7EQF -CN84
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