[amsat-bb] Re: LEO's

["John AA5JG" <aa5jg@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
>On Jun 18, 2008, at 2:46 AM, i8cvs wrote:
>
>>
>> A 3 to 4 foot dish with a 2400/144 MHz downconverter in the focal  
>> point and
>> connected to any old 144 MHz CW/SSB receiver mounted on the balcony  
>> was
>> sufficient to receive a nice downlink from all over the world by  
>> many users


Yeah, and most of us, especially new hams, just happen to have a 3 to 4 foot dish laying around.

73s John AA5JG 

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