Re: [amsat-bb] NCS for ISS/FM leo sat's

[Tony Langdon <vk3jed@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:35 AM 1/3/2006, Emily Clarke wrote:
>At 05:03 PM 1/1/2006, you wrote:



>I have to agree with you Greg - this doesn't have anything to do 
>with "Big Guns".  If there are 10 people all using handhelds, do you 
>call someone who has an Arrow antenna and knows how to use it a big gun?

Well, from experience, I have been a "Big Gun" using a HT and a 
handheld beam on several of the FM birds.  It's not how much power 
you have, it's what you do with it (many of the others were running 
20-50W, just not throwing it in the right direction... ).

73 de VK3JED
http://vkradio.com
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