Re: [amsat-bb] YABSQ (Yet Another Beginner's Stupid Question)

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

VERY few people really know what frequency they are on.  Most of the QSL
cards I get just record the frequency within 1 MHz.  They say something like
435 MHz Uplink / 2401 MHz downlink. Both of those fall within Ham bands so
they are legal.

73,
Joe
ka0yos@amsat.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Payton" <n5gpc@earthlink.net>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] YABSQ (Yet Another Beginner's Stupid Question)


> I was NOT clear on the second question.  The "drift" was not a good word.
> What I am describing is: each time (day) that I attempt to listen to AO40.
I
> find the telemetery at a different freq.
> I assume that the day's heat (It's HOT in Texas) causes the d/c to change.
>
> Once accuired, it stays as it should normally (dot doppler.)
>
> If the MB is at a different frequency each time that I fire up the radio,
> the rest of my displayed frequencies will also be off from the actual
> frequency.  In short, I don't have a clue to what frequency I actually am
> on.  How could I accruately record and/or report what frequency of a QSO.
>
> I know some commercial antennas, radio and astronomy, cool their equipment
> for frequency stability and accuracy.  I can't afford something like that
> and also know that you experts out there don't have the same problem.  I
> asking for a solution.
>
> Thanks for all the replies .... I've got to go through all them now and
> figure out what's next.
>
> 73,
> Jerry  N5GPC
>
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