Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite FIeld Day!

["Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The question always comes to mind "a hundred watts into what?"  the only
watts of meaning are effective radiated power.  We ran the radio at 20 watts
for AO-10, but our EiRP was over 200 Watts.

73,
Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Paige" <kk5do@AMSAT.Org>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Satellite FIeld Day!


> a friend said he saw in cq magazine that they were recommending that for
> operating the satellite on fd you need 100 watts. i think that is part of
the
> problem. people making statements like this and then those competing for
> the amsat field day where you can work stations on all the birds, makes
> them very busy.
>
> i stopped working the satellites on field day. i make one contact for the
club
> to get their 100 points and then i make a couple when i get home for me.
>
> i wanted to see on the last pass  of ao-27 just before field day was over
how
> much power these guys were running. i could not be heard with 50 watts. so
> i turned on the linear and slowly raised the power. not even 150 watts
would
> break through. so i am not surprised that those trying for their only
contact
> would not make it with simple radio equipment.
>
> in fact....30 minutes before field day started, there was a pass of uo-14.
i
> took my ht and pryme al-800 antenna and was demonstrating the satellite to
> everyone that was there. those that had ht's were trying to listen on
their
> rubber ducks. it was amazing how much the little bit of gain that antenna
had
> compared to their stock radio antennas. i also made a handful of contacts.
of
> course, would never think of trying my ht and 2 watts during fd
competition.
>
> 73...bruce
>
>
>
>
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