Re: [amsat-bb] Failed attempt on FO-29.

[Patrick Green <pagreen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

  We tested on the 1639Z pass and heard someone come back but couldn't
keep track of the downlink and lost it.  I heard only "KB9BNY" being
read back phonetically.  We split this TX and RX for a more full
duplex mode but the AOR-8500B scanner leaves something to be desired
when it comes to receiver sensitivity.  Our next try will be in a
couple of days.  Erik is going to bring a 746 for TX and we'll use the
897 on RX seperately.  Erik or I will followup when our next try will
be.

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.

On 4/20/05, Erik Jacobsen <mplsvrf@gmail.com> wrote:
> Glad to hear an old school reply.
> 
> 73
> 
> KB9BNY
> 
> On 4/19/05, Roger Kolakowski <rogerkola@aol.com> wrote:
> > I don't want to start a war on the BB with this so I am replying
> > personally...in the past, before doppler correction by computer was even a
> > twinkle in someone's eye, qso's were held by hand tracking. As your
> > contact's frequency changed during the pass...you did well to hold a
> > frequency "range" and people never thought the worse of you for it.
> >
> > Depending on the length of a transmission, it is going to drift down in
> > frequency and you as the receiver are going to have to "track" it to
> > understand what is said. If your contact does the same thing, you will both
> > maintain contact throughout your qso. "Sliding" up frequency during a
> > transmission to maintain a "relative" spot in the band has always been "good
> > enuf."
> >
> > Nobody is going to think worse of you if you do not doppler correct during
> > your transmission...(unless you are a windbag.)
> >
> > Your amateur "contact" will set his style of operating, to drift or to
> > correct on an "over." Don't let technology prevent you from making OSO's.
> > Call CQ and work it out and enjoy the hobby. There are not so many operators
> > on the linear birds that you are going to run over others often. And if they
> > are so "doppler anal," you will soon pass through their frequency and end up
> > below.
> >
> > Again, this is not technology speaking, this is do what you can with what
> > you have and enjoy.
> >
> > BST DX GUYS
> >
> > Roger
> > WA1KAT
> > (First Satellite contact on RS-6)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Erik Jacobsen" <mplsvrf@gmail.com>
> > To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Failed attempt on FO-29.
> >
> > > Please forgive me if I sound rather green(no pun intended), because I
> > > am a novice to satellites.  I have orbitron installed on a computer.
> > > Using the Rotor/Radio tab, we should be able to monitor the doppler
> > > corrected receive and transmit frequencies.  Any pointers ir tips?  I
> > > think the best approach is to get a serial cable to control the xcvr
> > > from the computer.  The next best pass for ka9scf and me is 2009z pass
> > > on 4/20.
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > >
> > > Erik KB9BNY
> > >
> > > On 4/19/05, Patrick Green <pagreen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > >   Erik KB9BNY and myself were trying FO-29 this morning on the 1548Z
> > > > pass.  We heard K7MT, W7JPI and others but since we were completely
> > > > manual in operation. It was really confusing to calculate TX and RX
> > > > frequencies and keep track of doppler as well.  We may try this again
> > > > tomorrow morning if the weather is permitting.  We were running an
> > > > Arrow with an FT-897 running 5 watts.  Sorry if we came across
> > > > someone's QSO.  Better luck next time.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a table where someone has laid out the TX/RX conversions with
> > doppler?
> > > >
> > > > 73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
> > > > ----
> > > > Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> > > > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> > > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org
> > > ----
> > > Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> > > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org
> ----
> Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org
----
Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org