Re: [amsat-bb] RE: From VE5SWL - Dutch Transponder TLM

["Norm, VK2XCI" <vk2xci@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

William,

You made me think, so I dug through all my archives and found an old, 
faded AO-7 QSL card complete with cassette tape of my first reception 
report... no 2way QSL those days for me. The tape is still readable but 
my CW is not!! Hihi.

I can remember straining my ears through a noisy old Collins 51-S1 
listening for the ditditditdit ditdit and knowing tht my Oscar locator 
was spot on.... Gave me thrill every time. Things are a bit more blase now!

  Congratulations on your success!!!


Norm, VK2XCI


William Leijenaar wrote:
> Hi Emily,
> 
> Only real AMSAT-spirit hams know the "HI HI HI"
> tradition :o)
> I wanted to have my transponder for all hams in the
> world, as a real amateur radio, and I knew a CW beacon
> had to be included, not only for identification but
> also for hams that can only receive.
> 
> The beacon message is not just a message I think out
> in 2 seconds.
> Actually it was quit a challenge as the memory space
> was small, and I also didn't want to have a too long
> message.
> 
> How I came to the message:
> --------------------------
> "HI HI HI"          = The OSCAR telemetry tradition...
> "THIS IS VUSAT"     = For identification of the
> satellite
> "Dutch Transponder" = To know which transponder is
> switched on
> "William Leijenaar" = My name to avoid others to take
> my credits
> "73 PE1RAH"         = My 73s to all radio amateurs in
> the world
> 
> The message is done in morse code, so every ham in the
> world can decode it with the ear and without the use
> of a modem, computer or special software that never
> works haha. 
> Just KISS (Keep It Stupid Simple)
> 
> Maybe some idea for future multi-band and multi-mode
> satellites to let them send the active mode in a CW
> coded message. Like for AO-40 you needed to have a PC
> with soundcard only to know in what mode it was. Same
> for AO-51, you need to check on internet for its mode.
>    
> 
> Just an idea to think about :o)
> 
> 73 de PE1RAH
> William Leijenaar
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-- 
Norm, VK2XCI,
Mildura, The Wintersun City
QF15bt


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