Re: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Field Day QRP?

[Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe it was just the passes I heard, but I found the
ISS Cross-Band repeater to be remarkably FREE of the
lids I usually hear on the other FM satellites.
AO-51 was basically unusable here on the West Coast.
The QRP segment sounded OK, with weaker signals, but
the "main" segment of the transponder sounded like the
receiver was blocking....all I heard were fragments of
callsigns.
73, Jim  KQ6EA

--- kc6uqh <kc6uqh@cox.net> wrote:

> The words "Gentlemen and Field Day" are like
> Military and Intelligence, 
> honest and politician QRP and Contest!
> 
> Art,
>  KC6UQH
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)"
> <amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net>
> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
> Cc: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Field Day QRP?
> 
> 
> >> Was the QRP side of AO-51 working for Field Day? 
> I heard NOTHING on it, 
> >> not even
> >> myself, while the "normal" side was very busy...
> >
> > Yes, I heard the AO-51 QRP repeater, and made a
> couple of QSOs on it 
> > Sunday
> > morning.  Sounded like there were some really
> strong stations on
> > there, but I was
> > able to sneak in with my portable satellite setup
> - HT and Yagi - to
> > make my QSOs.
> > I received some e-mails asking what I did to get
> in and make those
> > QSOs, with all
> > the loud/strong stations on there.  Persistence...
> sticking around
> > until the last 2 minutes
> > of the pass, hoping someone would finally hear me.
> >
> >> And speaking of QRP, it sure sounded like a LOT
> of the users of the ISS 
> >> crossband
> >> repeater weren't running QRP...
> >
> > I didn't bother with the ISS repeater during Field
> Day.  I tried it
> > before Field Day
> > Thursday night (early Friday, UTC) and made
> contacts on 2 passes, but even 
> > then
> > the stations were very strong.  Being in Arizona,
> it wasn't as crowded
> > as it was later
> > in the North American passes when the ISS was
> further east.  In
> > addition, the pass
> > times were not very convenient for my Field Day
> operating (mobile HF with 
> > my
> > father-in-law and stepson Saturday until sunset,
> then more HF
> > operating with some
> > satellite work from a campground near Show Low AZ
> Saturday night and 
> > Sunday
> > morning).
> >
> > 73!
> >
> >
> > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona USA
> > http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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