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Today's Topics:
1. AO7 (malcolm Hall)
2. K3SZH -AO-7-- 9000+ (Peter)
3. K3SZH 9000 (dcowden@xx.xx.xxxx
4. Re: K3SZH-9000 ++ (Glenn AA5PK)
5. Need Cable?? (Jerry Felts)
6. Re: Need Cable?? (Stan W1LE)
7. this weekend at Dayton, more operating, and the DJ-G7T
(long) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
8. Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ (Matthias Bopp)
9. Recordings of satellite signals (Matthias Bopp)
10. Not !!!! the Jimi Hendrix number ... (john hackett)
11. Re: K3SZH-9000 ++ (n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
12. RS-22 Telem Over CHILE (Raul Romero)
13. Working SO-50 with HRD Satellite Tracking (PE0SAT)
14. problem with FTDI software installation - LVB Tracker
(Philip Jenkins)
15. T7H (Justin Pinnix)
16. LVB Tracker - re-dux (Philip Jenkins)
17. Re: T7H (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 21:20:16 +0100
From: malcolm Hall <malmag@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO7
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hey Joe ...what do you you do in your spare time!!!
Congratulations on 9000+
Malc G7NFO
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 17:22:23 -0400
From: Peter <roi@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] K3SZH -AO-7-- 9000+
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Joe, K3SZH
Another outstanding milestone, I know you always say it's just a number, but
behind those terrific numbers are many grateful satellite operators for all
the help you have given to them including this writer, thank you and keep
setting records.
73,
Pete, WB2OQQ
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:08:09 +0000
From: <dcowden@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] K3SZH 9000
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Congratulations Joe
Diligence and Tenacity pay off.
Big Party at 10K? You deserve it.
73, Don
N8DDK
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 17:20:06 -0500
From: "Glenn AA5PK" <aa5pk@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K3SZH-9000 ++
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Congratulations, Joe.
I was but a few dozen of those 9k QSOs and I've enjoyed the talk each time.
73
Glenn
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:44:08 -0600
From: Jerry Felts <nr5ajerry@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need Cable??
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Say to make the puter control both my rigs don't they have to
connected in some way?? I do have a Signalink USB interface for digial
modes.
--
Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota
www.freewebs.com/nr5a
http://nr5abikeblog.blogspot.com/
http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 18:52:36 -0400
From: Stan W1LE <stanw1le@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need Cable??
To: Jerry Felts <nr5ajerry@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello Jerry,
The rigs must have a computer control capability.
Lotsa modern rigs can be computer controlled.
Like the IC-706 family, IC-703+, IC-910H, and some of the Yaesu rigs,
FT-736R and later.
Kenwoods like the TS-2000, etc.
Look at the rig manual and see if it can be computer controlled.
Some rigs need a RS-232 connection to a computer via a null modem cable.
Others need an interface box like the ICOM CT17 for electrical level
conversion from RS-232 levels.
Older rigs may not have a computer control capability.
What rigs do you want to be computer controlled ??
Stan, W1LE
Jerry Felts wrote:
> Say to make the puter control both my rigs don't they have to
> connected in some way?? I do have a Signalink USB interface for digial
> modes.
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 20:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] this weekend at Dayton, more operating, and the
DJ-G7T (long)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
Dayton was, once again, a fun time. I was here in 2006, and this
year was so much better. I tried to keep track of satellite operators
who I worked over the past 3+ years and met over this weekend by taking
photos of them, but I lost count of the number I met and talked with
here (this is *not* a bad thing). AMSAT's events were great! I mixed
in some operating this weekend, between Friday and today, and in all of
that trying to test my new DJ-G7T HT. I previously posted a message
with my initial observations on that HT Friday night, and I'll add a
little (very little) to that here...
After the HamVention closed this afternoon, I had planned on working
some satellite passes with my new DJ-G7T HT after dropping stuff of
at my motel room. A western AO-27 pass was about to come by, and I
went to the Indiana/Ohio state line a couple of blocks from my motel
(I stayed in Richmond IN, not in Dayton, for this trip). In the
process of setting things up on a side road near the I-70/US-40
interchange, I pressed buttons on the HT in the band scope mode and
I could not decipher how to get out of that mode from a quick read of
the manual. I decided to set the radio aside, and worked the pass
using my IC-T7H HT I had also brought out there. After that, I
did a full reset of the HT, and figured I could try it again later.
After that AO-27 pass, I tried to retrace some of my 2006 post-Dayton
road trip to grid boundaries. I went northeast of Dayton, trying to
reach the EM79/EM89/EN70/EN80 boundary for one or two SO-50 passes.
This time, I could not get to that spot on the highway's right-of-way.
I crossed the road to get a clearer view of the sky, still on the
EM79xx/EN70xa line only a few feet/meters west of the 4-grid
intersection. :-( I set up for the first SO-50 pass, and this time I
accidentally pressed buttons on the DJ-G7T to put it into another
undesired mode - using a normal repeater offset on my uplink VFO. At
this point, I swapped radios and worked the pass using my IC-T7H again
for 4 QSOs. I decided not to fight the radio, and spend time parked or
standing along a highway to reread the manual trying to sort the radio
out. I'll do more testing with the new HT at home in the next few days,
while I try to get that speaker/mic cable so I can run full-duplex
without feedback.
After that SO-50 pass, I decided to work my way west, heading back
to the Indiana/Ohio state line and stopping for the later SO-50 pass.
I was able to get on from the EM79vx/EN70va line, working 7 stations
before the satellite went out of range. Then, the drive back to
Richmond IN and the motel for the night. I flew into Indianapolis
Thursday, and will return there tomorrow for my flight home.
Again, thanks to AMSAT for a great banquet and Saturday forum. Being
around other hams that share this corner of our hobby made this a
great weekend, and putting a few QSOs in my satellite log from 3
different locations over the past couple of days was a nice bonus.
I'll take more time working with the new HT over the next few days,
and especially during the upcoming long weekend. If anyone worked
WD9EWK this weekend and wants to get a QSL card from me, please
e-mail me the QSO information and I'll check that against my log.
If you are in my log, I'll send you a card - no need to send me a
card or SASE. I will need to prepare cards for those locations, and
I'm thinking about how to do a nice card in particular for the QSOs
I made at the Indiana/Ohio state line. And, yes, I'm still having
fun...
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently at Richmond IN, west of Dayton
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:37:55 +0200
From: "Matthias Bopp" <matthias.bopp@xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <33775C1E17F34E0895FDEF4E374D0FA1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Luc,
a linearly polarized antenna on a satellite means, that you will see
different polarization at different times and different locations on
Earth. Assume the satellites transmit vertical polarization but "tumbles"
then the polarization you are receiving is always linear but can vary
between vertical, diagonal, horizontal ...
Therefore it is better if the satellite and the station on earth both use
circular polarization. If this is not possible due to constraints on the
satellite I think it is still better to have a circular polarized antenna
at my station as the losses due to varying linear polarization will always
be only 3dB and thus no strong fading due to polarization will accur.
Please note that a tumbling satellite will most likely still generate strong
fading as the antenna on the satellite will never have a perfect
omni-directional behaviour.
Best regards
Matthias DD1US
www.dd1us.de
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx Im
Auftrag von Luc Leblanc
Gesendet: Sonntag, 17. Mai 2009 14:09
An: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: Gain VS Bandwidth at 2.4GHZ
On 16 May 2009 at 17:27, Roger Kolakowski wrote:
A part of my mystery is solved WiFi and WiMAX I am not a big fan of WiFi as
i have some security concern but i discover that i don't have
the best antenna for 2.4 and fiddling with it is not an option. A true 2.4
is in the mail to replace it and with 2 antennas now i will be
able to install them to have vertical and horizontal polarisation and i will
see if there is some improvement at 2.4ghz when switching
between them. Nobody answer me back regarding the S band linear "not
circular" AO-51 antenna but the fades are probably due to some
antenna blocking than anything else. On the last S band session me and Clare
VE3NPC noted that the fades does not happen at the same time
on our respective QTH there is surely not some selective circular
polarisation path?
> This was probably just a typo; if so, pardon the reply...
>
I was mixing both...hi
>
> Wi-Fi and Wi-Max are different things. An antenna designed for Wi-Max
> may not operate very well, as you describe, on 2.4 ghz. Wi-Fi's
> 802.11b/g is on 2.4 ghz (channel 1 is right on top of our allocation),
> so a properly designed Wi-Fi antenna could be good for 13cm Ham
> applications.
>
> >
> Enjoy the new toy,
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
Some experimenting to come on the next S band session.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 02:45:00 +0200
From: "Matthias Bopp" <matthias.bopp@xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Recordings of satellite signals
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <C93D7943880246B7A50686C0B1336262@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hello,
recently I received some additional audio recordings and could thus
complement my "Sounds from Space" collection of satellite signals.
Many thanks to Rolf DK2ZF and Dave WB6LLO for providing their recordings.
You may have a look at www.dd1us.de at "Sounds from Space" and enjoy
listening to our satellites (present ones and those who are already gone).
If anyone of this group has some old tapes or other recordings please let me
know. I am still missing recordings from a couple of satellites and even for
those satellites, where I have already recordings, I am always looking for
additional interesting audio files.
Best regards 55&73
Matthias DD1US
www.dd1us.de
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:28:29 +0200
From: john hackett <la2qaa@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Not !!!! the Jimi Hendrix number ...
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BAY144-W18F6D69AD92FFEC58B766F815A0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hey Joe,
I need to chuck in my two pennysworth.
Congrats mate.
73 John. <la2qaa@xxxxx.xxx>
_________________________________________________________________
Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites.
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:32:56 +0000
From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K3SZH-9000 ++
To: "TERRY BROMLEY" <terry.bromley@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "AMSAT"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<051820091232.14854.4A115578000A88DF00003A0622218801869B0A02D2089B9A019C
04040A0DBF049BCC02@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
Congratulations Joe!
Like Terry, Glenn and others who've expressed it, I'm thrilled and grateful to
be among the 9k, albeit only recently.
Here's to al least another 9K on our Grand Old Girl. Yours is a wonderful
accomplisment, Joe. Congratulations again. Talk to you soon,
Tim - N3TL
-------------- Original message from "TERRY BROMLEY"
<terry.bromley@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>: --------------
Congratulations Joe for your 9000 + in the log. Great to have been a little
part
> of it.
> Your Friend Terry G1WPR.
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:18:22 -0400
From: "Raul Romero" <ce3soc@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] RS-22 Telem Over CHILE
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <F7E222984F464C6085E16FC9C8ADC619@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
http://ce3soc.no-ip.org/RS-22_Telem_1400UTC_18-05-2009.JPG
73 Raul CA3SOC FF46RJ
ITXA ?
-
ITXB ?
-
TTXA 1?9
-
TTXB 1?7
-
TNAP 1?8
-
TCTR 1?8
-
TSBA 1?2
-
TSBB 75
-
MODB 129
-
MODC 6
-
MTX 35
-
ARX 35
-
RS22
-
UBS 138
-
IBS 19
-
USUN 145
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:42:03 +0200
From: "PE0SAT" <pe0sat@xxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Working SO-50 with HRD Satellite Tracking
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<3b875a6b2ffd139be28c19ad9c4fbf5e.squirrel@xxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
Is there anybody on this list that uses HRD Satellite Tracking with a
Yaesu FT-847 and HRD version v4.1 build 1989 Technology Preview II.
After working with a couple of tracking programs I am very pleased with
this new software. I worked all the birds but one using HRD.
I only have one problem i can't work SO-50 the problem as far as I
understand has something to do with CTCSS and the 2 second carrier
with a PL tone of 74.4 to arm the timer and afterwards the 67.0 Hertz PL
tone to communicate via this bird.
Sometimes I can here some audio on the downlink when I transmit on the
uplink but not during the complete time that I transmit.
Can anybody give me some information that helps me solve this problem?
Thanks in advance,
Jan - PE0SAT
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:07:26 -0400
From: Philip Jenkins <wythe25@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] problem with FTDI software installation - LVB
Tracker
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<bd61ac430905181007s554850b8rb4c91ce895d9f817@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
I am trying to install the FTDI driver (as per the LVB Tracker installation
instructions). I am downloading the VCP software successfully. (Win XP, 2.93
Ghz processor, 1.5 Gn RAM)
I click on the CDM release info Word Document, and the Windows Installer
box pops up "preparing to install". I then get a Word error message "the
command cannot be performed because a dialogue box is open.Click ok, then
close open dialogue boxes to to continue". But no dialogue boxes are open!
If I move the cursor to the Wiindows Installer box's "cancel", the cursor
changes to an hourglass. If I click "ok" in the Word Error box, all the
windows close and I am taken back to the folder where the unzipped FTDI
download files reside. Any ideas?
Thanks
Philip N4HF
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:31:31 -0400
From: Justin Pinnix <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] T7H
To: amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<e27ab1960905181031p4dc238a1v45f06139a79f87cc@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Patrick,
Are you working the sats with a single T7H? If so, how are you getting it
to uplink and downlink on different bands?
I really love my T7H for repeater and simplex work. For sats, I currently
only use it for RX and use a 2M mobile for TX. I'd love to consolidate to a
more portable setup.
73 de AJ4MJ
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Dayton was, once again, a fun time. I was here in 2006, and this
> year was so much better. I tried to keep track of satellite operators
> who I worked over the past 3+ years and met over this weekend by taking
> photos of them, but I lost count of the number I met and talked with
> here (this is *not* a bad thing). AMSAT's events were great! I mixed
> in some operating this weekend, between Friday and today, and in all of
> that trying to test my new DJ-G7T HT. I previously posted a message
> with my initial observations on that HT Friday night, and I'll add a
> little (very little) to that here...
>
> After the HamVention closed this afternoon, I had planned on working
> some satellite passes with my new DJ-G7T HT after dropping stuff of
> at my motel room. A western AO-27 pass was about to come by, and I
> went to the Indiana/Ohio state line a couple of blocks from my motel
> (I stayed in Richmond IN, not in Dayton, for this trip). In the
> process of setting things up on a side road near the I-70/US-40
> interchange, I pressed buttons on the HT in the band scope mode and
> I could not decipher how to get out of that mode from a quick read of
> the manual. I decided to set the radio aside, and worked the pass
> using my IC-T7H HT I had also brought out there. After that, I
> did a full reset of the HT, and figured I could try it again later.
>
> After that AO-27 pass, I tried to retrace some of my 2006 post-Dayton
> road trip to grid boundaries. I went northeast of Dayton, trying to
> reach the EM79/EM89/EN70/EN80 boundary for one or two SO-50 passes.
> This time, I could not get to that spot on the highway's right-of-way.
> I crossed the road to get a clearer view of the sky, still on the
> EM79xx/EN70xa line only a few feet/meters west of the 4-grid
> intersection. :-( I set up for the first SO-50 pass, and this time I
> accidentally pressed buttons on the DJ-G7T to put it into another
> undesired mode - using a normal repeater offset on my uplink VFO. At
> this point, I swapped radios and worked the pass using my IC-T7H again
> for 4 QSOs. I decided not to fight the radio, and spend time parked or
> standing along a highway to reread the manual trying to sort the radio
> out. I'll do more testing with the new HT at home in the next few days,
> while I try to get that speaker/mic cable so I can run full-duplex
> without feedback.
>
> After that SO-50 pass, I decided to work my way west, heading back
> to the Indiana/Ohio state line and stopping for the later SO-50 pass.
> I was able to get on from the EM79vx/EN70va line, working 7 stations
> before the satellite went out of range. Then, the drive back to
> Richmond IN and the motel for the night. I flew into Indianapolis
> Thursday, and will return there tomorrow for my flight home.
>
> Again, thanks to AMSAT for a great banquet and Saturday forum. Being
> around other hams that share this corner of our hobby made this a
> great weekend, and putting a few QSOs in my satellite log from 3
> different locations over the past couple of days was a nice bonus.
> I'll take more time working with the new HT over the next few days,
> and especially during the upcoming long weekend. If anyone worked
> WD9EWK this weekend and wants to get a QSL card from me, please
> e-mail me the QSO information and I'll check that against my log.
> If you are in my log, I'll send you a card - no need to send me a
> card or SASE. I will need to prepare cards for those locations, and
> I'm thinking about how to do a nice card in particular for the QSOs
> I made at the Indiana/Ohio state line. And, yes, I'm still having
> fun...
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently at Richmond IN, west of Dayton
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:09:58 -0400
From: Philip Jenkins <wythe25@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker - re-dux
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Ok, I got the problem with the dialogue box figured out. (I had done a
system restore and had not re-installed Word 2003; that's why I was getting
the Windows installer box...duh! :-) )
Anyway, I got the USB driver installed now. And all this time I thought it
was a problem with the drivers, when it was actually the PC's operating
system!
Philip N4HF
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Message: 17
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:45:25 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: T7H
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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<2e18ad3e0905181145j4036bb73n382bf06b927df989@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Hi Justin!
> Are you working the sats with a single T7H?? If so, how are you getting it
> to uplink and downlink on different bands?
I use just one T7H. I put the frequencies in the different band VFOs,
and then press the BAND button to switch before and after transmitting.
I also have an IC-W32A and other radios, but IMO the T7H receiver is
more selective and resistant to QRM than the W32A. That stayed back
in Phoenix, as I return home with two more radios than I had before the
Dayton weekend. :-)
> I really love my T7H for repeater and simplex work.? For sats, I currently
> only use it for RX and use a 2M mobile for TX.? I'd love to consolidate to a
> more portable setup.
It's probably not the ideal way to start out on the FM birds, using one radio
where you are having to do more work to transmit and go back to receive.
Other radios where you can program memory channels with TX and RX
frequencies in different bands (most Kenwood and Yaesu HTs, as well as
some older Icom HTs) are better to work with, if you want to simplify your
operating.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently @ Indianapolis airport
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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