Thanks David !

My vertical did not pick up AO51 at all, so the experiment could not be done here. Using my beams all was fine of course.

Funny, I knew this stacked vertical dual band only picks up signals at low elevation (<10 degrees), at many cubesats (70cm) and ISS (2 mtrs). But I never experienced only very noisy signals like this morning from AO51. Nothing wrong with AO51, maybe with my vertical.

Anyway - was a good trigger to be on AO51 again, made 1 QSO and listened to many other European stations making contacts.

The antenna set-up: http://www.pa3guo.com/ant_jun_2008.jpg

73, Henk, PA3GUO

It works fine.

Used a TS2000E via a MX2000 tri-plexer to a co-linear both u/v and v/u with no problems. Worked the States and Canada this way via F0-29.

Also used a Create CLP5130 log periodic connected in the same way.

Just keep the TX power as low as is needed to hear your own signal and no more.

David G8OQW

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-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of PA3GUO Sent: 09 June 2010 20:36 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TS2000 on dualband antenna (for sat work)

Hi John Let me try tomorrow and report back, I have never tested this. Henk, PA3GUO

Has anyone on the list tried using a Kenwood TS2000 on full duplex satellite

operatation using a dualband VHF/UHF antenna and a diplexer? Is it possible or is there too much desensitization thru the diplexer to make full duplex work?

73s John AA5JG

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-- Henk, PA3GUO