Please help me remember how the FT-530 is used for "full duplex" FM sat ops. Correct me, and add to this list - THANK YOU!
- You must use an earpiece (or a headset) so that the RX audio isn't passed - There is a keystroke sequence to enable either the LEFT side or the RIGHT side to be the EARPHONE - what is it? - Then a press of the PTT "locks in" that audio choice setting, right?
I must be gettin' old ... I *used* to remember this stuff.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
I'm trying to get a Cushcraft MA5B HF mini beam back up in the air. What I'd like to do is use my azimuth rotator to rotate it and mount my elevation rotator and Homebrew 2M and 70CM "cheap yagis" up above it on the same mast. Aside form the obvious distance it will take to keep the VHF/UHF array from hitting the HF array during elevation changes, what is a rule of thumb for separation distance to keep the two systems from interacting with each other? Like so many things, this is something I used to know but seem to have forgotten in my old age. Tnx and73, Michael, W4HIJ
Michael At least 1/2 wave for the lowest frequency (38" 2M) if both antennas are mounted in the same polarity. Nothing if crossed polarity (like arrow Antenna)
Art, KC6UQH
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Michael Tondee Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:17 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Stacking satellite antennas on top of an HF beam howmuch separation?
I'm trying to get a Cushcraft MA5B HF mini beam back up in the air. What I'd like to do is use my azimuth rotator to rotate it and mount my elevation rotator and Homebrew 2M and 70CM "cheap yagis" up above it on the same mast. Aside form the obvious distance it will take to keep the VHF/UHF array from hitting the HF array during elevation changes, what is a rule of thumb for separation distance to keep the two systems from interacting with each other? Like so many things, this is something I used to know but seem to have forgotten in my old age. Tnx and73, Michael, W4HIJ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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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