Many years ago I worked the MIR space station while driving to work. I was headed West on I-80, and MIR had just come up on the horizon. Admittedly it had a lot higher power, and a lower orbit, but he was full quieting on FM into my Larsen 2/70 glass mount. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get a fair signal with a whip antenna and a good preamp running SSB on FO-29.
I'm not going to encourage anyone to operate CW while driving! Even for SSB, get your rig hooked up to a small laptop with automatic doppler tracking, and set it up before departing, or you might just shift yourself off the road and into a tree. That might damage the rig. Greg KO6TH > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 00:10:32 -0400 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: eggbeater rx performance > > Good question. With Arrow/Elk, it is directional. Good gain but not omni. > With whip it is omni, but reduced gain. > > > > Don't know of anyone who operated while driving, so I cannot help you with > that one. Maybe eggbeater is the way to go. > > > > > > Mark Lunday > > WD4ELG > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
