Hi all,
I am a student on CUSat http://cusat.cornell.edu, one of Cornell University's satellite project teams. You may remember me from my previous call for help to resolve our antenna crises. I don't think I sent a follow-up to the bb, but we were able to recover from that crisis in large part due to your help, so thank you.
Recently, it has come to my attention that the TS-2000, the transceiver in our ground station, has a birdie at 436.800MHz. To me, this seems very close to the frequency coordinated for our satellite by the IARU, 437.405 MHz. Should we worry about this, or will we be fine with the TS-2000?
If the consensus is that it's best to switch radios, what would be best for us? We don't need anything more than VHF/UHF, and computer control.
Thanks, Nate Parsons KC2SVI
Hi Nate,
You will certainly have no problems at 437.405 with the TS-2000. The birdie only affects the spot frequency of 436.800. You could in fact operate quite happily on 436.805 if you needed to.
Alan ZL2BX
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathaniel S. Parsons Sent: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 06:00 To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-2000 Birdies
Hi all,
I am a student on CUSat http://cusat.cornell.edu, one of Cornell University's satellite project teams. You may remember me from my previous call for help to resolve our antenna crises. I don't think I sent a follow-up to the bb, but we were able to recover from that crisis in large part due to your help, so thank you.
Recently, it has come to my attention that the TS-2000, the transceiver in our ground station, has a birdie at 436.800MHz. To me, this seems very close to the frequency coordinated for our satellite by the IARU, 437.405 MHz. Should we worry about this, or will we be fine with the TS-2000?
If the consensus is that it's best to switch radios, what would be best for us? We don't need anything more than VHF/UHF, and computer control.
Thanks, Nate Parsons KC2SVI _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Your radio will work fine at 437.405 that is the radio in our ground station
Nick UL CAPE Team
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathaniel S. Parsons Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:00 AM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-2000 Birdies
Hi all,
I am a student on CUSat http://cusat.cornell.edu, one of Cornell University's satellite project teams. You may remember me from my previous call for help to resolve our antenna crises. I don't think I sent a follow-up to the bb, but we were able to recover from that crisis in large part due to your help, so thank you.
Recently, it has come to my attention that the TS-2000, the transceiver in our ground station, has a birdie at 436.800MHz. To me, this seems very close to the frequency coordinated for our satellite by the IARU, 437.405 MHz. Should we worry about this, or will we be fine with the TS-2000?
If the consensus is that it's best to switch radios, what would be best for us? We don't need anything more than VHF/UHF, and computer control.
Thanks, Nate Parsons KC2SVI _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Thanks for the quick replies, and esp. with the answer I was hoping for!
-Nate KC2SVI
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Nick Pugh K5QXJ [email protected]wrote:
Your radio will work fine at 437.405 that is the radio in our ground station
Nick UL CAPE Team
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathaniel S. Parsons Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:00 AM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-2000 Birdies
Hi all,
I am a student on CUSat http://cusat.cornell.edu, one of Cornell University's satellite project teams. You may remember me from my previous call for help to resolve our antenna crises. I don't think I sent a follow-up to the bb, but we were able to recover from that crisis in large part due to your help, so thank you.
Recently, it has come to my attention that the TS-2000, the transceiver in our ground station, has a birdie at 436.800MHz. To me, this seems very close to the frequency coordinated for our satellite by the IARU, 437.405 MHz. Should we worry about this, or will we be fine with the TS-2000?
If the consensus is that it's best to switch radios, what would be best for us? We don't need anything more than VHF/UHF, and computer control.
Thanks, Nate Parsons KC2SVI _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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