Hi all

Except for FD K4AMG has been inactive this summer on the birds.

Could someone update us on the birds and frequencies being used. We may start this year with a new middle school as many as 40 students and a couple of lectures in a STEM class. Again this year we will be at Great Bridge HS electronics class W4GBH. The broadcast radio class has been cancelled, W4FOS for maybe 2 years. However, we maintain a presence there with both HF and VHF as a Chesapeake EOC back up and state EOC link. I am also assisting with the install of their new 10 KW transmitter.

Thank you AMSAT.

God Bless

Rich W4BUE GROL LM AMSAT richard.siff@verizon.net

Thanks Paul, I had heard that AO-85 was lower than the nominal, 435180, and did a short test yesterday. 435180 gave acceptable audio and 435168 produced distorted and noisy audio. I’ll try 435172. The satellite is so busy it’s hard to get a good test in. Ron W5RKN From: Paul Stoetzer Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 4:08 AM To: Ronald G. Parsons Cc: AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Uplink frequency of FM satellites

There's nothing to suggest that 145.850 isn't it for SO-50.

Measurements after launch showed that the uplink for AO-85 is about 435.172 MHz.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Monday, August 8, 2016, Ronald G. Parsons w5rkn@w5rkn.com wrote:

Is there any good current data on the actual center uplink frequency at the satellite of the current crop of FM satellites such as SO-50 and AO-85?

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