I had not worked any satellite mobile for a good while. All the post about mobile operation got me to thinking. So I got the 19 inch wipe out and connected it to the 706 mk2g and tuned the D-700 to the uplink and away I went down the road. I waited till I heard the bird solid before calling. Heard myself right off. Worked somebody in EL97 I believe it was. I did not have a pencil and paper and could not have logged it while driving anyway. The Icom has a built in preamp which I found necessary to hear the bird solid. I was using a Larsen 2/70 duel band antenna for the uplink. So I guess it still works. That was fun.
73's << John -- N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator AO-7,AO-27,FO-29,SO-50,AO-51,VO-52,ISS Email [email protected] Echolink nodes #110903 -L #388463 http://home.comcast.net/~n4qwf/site/ Formerly KC4AHW VK3FEZ Amsat Member #27845 DXCC #33,478 VUCC SAT #135 WAS SAT #296 51 on AO-51 #13 LON -79.256 LAT 37.459 Grid FM07il >From the Foothills of the Blueridge *Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!" _______________________________________________ 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
