RE: [amsat-bb] Field Day summary

["Reicher, James" <JReicher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wayne, 

You beat me by one.  As K0GQ, I worked 3 on FO29 and 1 on AO7 mode A,
all on CW.  Never heard Mode B.  Used an IC910H into an 8 element 2
meter beam and a 7 element 435 beam.  The 10M downlink was an IC706 with
an R7 vertical.  AO7 had a beautiful, clear note on CW, so did FO29.   

Had no joy with SO50, could barely hear it at all.

73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org] On
Behalf Of Wayne Estes W9AE
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:45 PM
To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day summary

Only 5 satellite contacts for me, with a lot of effort.  3 contacts on
FO29
and 2 contacts on AO7 Mode A.  It was truly amazing how much power it
took
to be heard on both satellites.  I was using a FT-847 (50W) to a
manually-steered Arrow antenna.  I answered a LOT of CQ's but didn't get
replies very often (and usually had a hard time hearing myself).  My ARR
70cm preamp didn't seem very happy to be inches away from the 2m
transmitting antenna.  The 70 cm noise level would jump up several
S-units
whenever I would transmit on 2m.  I should have brought my 2m coffee can
cavity filter to reduce 2m harmonics.

Wayne Estes W9AE
Mundelein, IL, USA
Satellite operator for K9IQP 2F IL


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