Icom R20 for receiving SSB downlink from AO16
Does anyone have experience with using the R20 for AO16 SSB downlink reception? What about reception of other satellites? Thank you.
73, Al, W8KHP
While I haven't used the R-20, I just wanted to remind everyone that AO-16 remains off-line. I started it up several times on a pass Friday afternoon and it continued to reset almost immediately.
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Vinegar" tokens@myranch.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:37 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom R20 for receiving SSB downlink from AO16
Does anyone have experience with using the R20 for AO16 SSB downlink reception? What about reception of other satellites? Thank you.
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Hi Al,
I haven't been able to try it on AO-16, but in my experience it is perfect for receiving satellites. I used it for working the current LEO's (AO-51, VO-52, SO-50, AO-27) without a problem using a portable Arrow antenna and a FT817 for the uplink.
The best part of it is that is has a built in digital audio recorder which I find very useful as I don't have to write anything down while running QSO's.
73, Andre PH7AT.
Allen Vinegar wrote:
Does anyone have experience with using the R20 for AO16 SSB downlink reception? What about reception of other satellites? Thank you.
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