Re: [amsat-bb] Sidebands on VO52

[Anthony Monteiro <aa2tx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:51 PM 4/12/2006 +0000, John Geiger wrote:

>I am having to program a new radio I recently traded for, and can't find the
>sidebands used for VO52 on the amsat website. Seems they changed the satellite
>status page (and it seems more confusing than the old one), and it now just
>says SSB/CW for the uplink and downlink frequencies.  Which sideband is used
>on the 435 uplink, USB or LSB?  I know that it is an inverting bird, so the
>opposite one is on the downlink.  And FO29 is LSB up on 2 and USB down on
>70cm, correct?
>
>73s John NE0P

Hi John,

In general, use USB for RECEIVING satellites and use
whatever you need on transmit. So VO-52 is USB down and
LSB up (since it is an inverting transponder.)

73,
Tony AA2TX
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