RE: [amsat-bb] AO-27

["A.J. Farmer" <ajfarmer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gotcha..  That's a good trick!

73!

A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
http://www.aj3u.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Rich [mailto:vk4tec@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:39 PM
To: ajfarmer@spenet.com; w6zq@socal.rr.com; amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-27


Yeah I know it is FM, what I was saying was I had to switch to SSB to find 
it.

Roll the VFO and search fro the chirp of the carrier. There was not enough 
RF from the bird
to FM detect by the SSB could hear it as a chirp.



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Andrew Rich (VK4TEC)





>From: "A.J. Farmer" <ajfarmer@spenet.com>
>To: "'Andrew Rich'" 
><vk4tec@hotmail.com>,<w6zq@socal.rr.com>,<amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-27
>Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 21:53:50 -0400
>
>I use a 706MKIIG for my receive radio and it works great.  Note that AO-27
>is an FM only bird.  You should be in FM mode.
>
>73!
>
>A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
>http://www.aj3u.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org] On Behalf
>Of Andrew Rich
>Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 8:48 PM
>To: w6zq@socal.rr.com; amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-27
>
>
>What is your station details ?
>
>I had an ICOM 706 MKii G
>
>And i could only get it on SSB with a dual band diamond antenna in the air
>
>
>
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Andrew Rich (VK4TEC)
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Ron Cade" <w6zq@socal.rr.com>
> >To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> >Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27
> >Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:04:47 -0700
> >
> >AO-27 heard this afternoon at 23:40 gmt. Worked K9OIM (EM56) and heard
> >KG6GMT.
> >
> >TNX,
> >Ron W6ZQ, DM03xq
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