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Working on getting up there!
Hello all you electronic bird hunters!
I have a slight dilemma here in FN13! I hope with your help, I can get
connected to the satellites!
This weekend I constructed half of my circular 432 MHz 18 ele x 2 Yagi-Uda
antenna. Half I say, because I only had enough wire connectors to put the
horizontal yagi together. When I go back to work on tuesday, I'll pick up the
other 18 connectors.
Well, I connected the yagi to the rig, fired up WinTrack v4.54 and WOW! I
sure was impressed! I was hearing, though very faintly (5/3) QSO's going on on
FO-20!
Now comes the discouraging news. I was unable to hear my own signal on the
satellite. I have 2 2m antennas at the ready, my trusty 17B2 (horizontal) and a
vertical discone. I was tuning around and just could not figure this one out at
all! I have read many posts on this reflector, where operators use just a
J-pole for their uplinks! So I decided to use the discone for the job.
o Satellite trying to hit is FO-20
o Radio is the Yaesu FT736r
o Amp is the Mirage B310g (10w in 100w out) (mostly I had the amp OFF)
o NO Pre-Amp
o 2m up I used 17B2 & discone
o 70 cm down I use the 18 ele yagi (sits above the 17B2 on the same mast 8' off
the ground)
I start my tuning for FO-20 @ 145.850MHz LSB Up / 435.850MHz USB Down.
o Question: How do you properly tune into a satellite?
o Question: Which FT736 SAT Selections should I be set to? (Should I be in NORM
or REV?)
While fiddling around and tuning into 145.872.7 FM-N up / 435.826.7 FM-N
down, I AM able to clearly hear my signal! Problem here though is when I looked
over to WinTrack, There were no VISIBLE satellites to be had! Nothing was even
close!
o Would this be a HARMONIC from 2m that I'm picking up on 70 cm? This only
occurs from:
435.825.7 - 435.828.1 FM-N
145.873.7 - 145.871.1 FM-N
145.872.7 FM up / 435.826.7 FM down is the best reception heard though. This
just doesn't seem right, what-so-ever. Of course, the SAT selection is in REV
position. I DO NOT hear anything when I tune up at 145.850MHz FM-N Up /
435.850MHz FM-N Down, and work my way down to 435.826.7.
Ain't this one WEIRD??? I can go to the radio right now and xmit at the above
freq & hear myself in FM-N, doesn't matter which 2m antenna I'm on!
So to re-cap, I can hear the downlinks coming in, but can't hear my own signal
going up!
Any answers to these weird happenings? Am I just Jinxed here?
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73 & Best DX de...
VE3VRQ, Michael
FN13gx
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>>---> * Active since 06 April 1998: * <---<<
* *** 6m VUCC #980! *** *
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* 189 Grids Squares Worked *
* 165 Grids Squares Confirmed *
* 839 QSO's (6m Logged) *
* 592 QSL's Mailed Out *
* 396 QSL's Received! *
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* As of: 13 March 1999 *
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* Rig: Yaesu FT736R @10w *
* Ant: 3ele Cubical Quad @6'! *
* Amp: Mirage A1015G 150w *
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838 Q's x 189 G's = 158,571 Running Logged Points!
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From: Michael, Andrea, Michael II & Brandon Hiltner
E-Mail: the.hiltner.family@sympatico.ca
URL: http://www3.sympatico.ca/the.hiltner.family/
Address: Michael David Hiltner VE3VRQ
18993 Loyalist Parkway
R.R.#3 Consecon, Ontario
K0K 1T0
Canada
QSL Manager of the "Worked Both Borders in FN13!" Certificate
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