Hi to the group!
Just worked AO-16 this morning: - worked RW3XL and EB3SA between 5.24 and 5.35 UTC - very strong signal, sometimes better in LHCP, using my 2x15 elements antenna and PREAMP (always S7-S9 on IC-910) - voice quality better on USB - very diffult to tune the downlink, between 437.034 (AOS) and 437.014 (LOS) for me... - uplink very sensitive, worked all the pass with only 1-2 W and my 2x7 elements antenna (always on RHCP)
Many thanks to the AO-16 command team, great job guys!
'73 de Piero IZ1ERR (JN35UI)
Good morning,
I was able to work K6IA this morning at about 1.4 degrees elevation, signals were good. I noticed a slight carrier on the downlink that if I kept my tuning where it was just audible I was able to stay relatively close to the voice (where it was inteligible).
So, now that AO-16 is in this mode, is it possible to put the other PACSAT's that are in MBL mode into voice repeater mode such as IO-26 and LO-19?
Ryan, NF0T
Hello,
On 1/24/08, Ryan Butler [email protected] wrote:
Good morning,
I was able to work K6IA this morning at about 1.4 degrees elevation, signals were good. I noticed a slight carrier on the downlink that if I kept my tuning where it was just audible I was able to stay relatively close to the voice (where it was inteligible).
I noticed that carrier too. I thought it was a terrestrial qrm, and yes, it helps tuning.
73 Francesco IZ8DWF
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Butler" [email protected]
So, now that AO-16 is in this mode, is it possible to put the other PACSAT's that are in MBL mode into voice repeater mode such as IO-26 and LO-19?
Ryan, NF0T
I can say that we are actively investigating the possibilities, and we'll let everyone know if something develops.
73, Drew KO4MA
Hello All,
Is there any possibility in the future of trying the AO-16 2.4GHz transmitter for a challenging mode V/S? Looking forward to next week when I can give it a try outside of working/sleeping hours.
73 de David VK5DG
On Friday 25 January 2008 03:17, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Butler" [email protected]
So, now that AO-16 is in this mode, is it possible to put the other PACSAT's that are in MBL mode into voice repeater mode such as IO-26 and LO-19?
Ryan, NF0T
I can say that we are actively investigating the possibilities, and we'll let everyone know if something develops.
73, Drew KO4MA
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The S-band modulation is pretty much zilch, so that wouldn't really work.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message ----- From: "David" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:32 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-16 report
Hello All,
Is there any possibility in the future of trying the AO-16 2.4GHz transmitter for a challenging mode V/S? Looking forward to next week when I can give it a try outside of working/sleeping hours.
73 de David VK5DG
If there is a slight carrier on the downlink side, I wonder if someone with a sound card and a "bit" of spare time could work up an automatic tuning adapter? Zero beat the carrier by tickling the mike up and down buttons; something like that. You'd need to sample (tap into) the received audio, and manually get the receiver close. Then let it run.
Crazy idea?
Greg KO6TH
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:03:16 -0600 From: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-16 report
Good morning,
I was able to work K6IA this morning at about 1.4 degrees elevation, signals were good. I noticed a slight carrier on the downlink that if I kept my tuning where it was just audible I was able to stay relatively close to the voice (where it was inteligible).
So, now that AO-16 is in this mode, is it possible to put the other PACSAT's that are in MBL mode into voice repeater mode such as IO-26 and LO-19?
Ryan, NF0T
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