RE: [amsat-bb] Portable Operation

["Steve" <ai7w@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,
	The TH-D7 is an excellent portable satellite radio. I use one with an Arrow
antenna when hiking and it works very well. One caution: I found that the
SM34 microphone when used with an external earphone in full duplex causes
serious feedback. I changed to the HMC-3 "head set" and the problem was
solved. I would also recommend using the procedure outlined by A.J. Farmer
AJ3U (attached) for operating on the satellites.

Steve .. AI7W

AJ3U's operating procedure:
>I use two memory slots for each satellite.  One for the uplink,
>one for the downlink.  When I want to work a bird, I copy the
>downlink memory slot into the VFO (F -> VFO) so that I can
>change it to adjust for doppler.  I do not change the uplink
>frequency like Bob said since the 2m uplink doesn't have
>much of a doppler shift.  The 440 downlink is what you need to
>worry about.
>
>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 Jim Jerzycke
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 22:50 UTC
To: Jim Jerzycke; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Portable Operation


Thanks to all who replied, both on and off the list.
After reading some more product reviews (and the
manuals!), I decided on the Kenwood TH-D7AG. It should
be here this week, along with a bunch of accessories I
ordered for it.
Now to learn how to use it!
73, Jim  KQ6EA
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