Hi Luc and all, I often listen to RS-22 and RS-30, and I can copy them as high as 1 or 2 degres with my setup. Iwas amazed the first time that I can copy beacon at a lower elevation like this. I don't know much about RS-22 and RS-30 beacon, but I use it as my reference for receiving.
I did my best that I can afford the moment in my setup..... heliax 0.5, AR² preamps at the top... and only 2 FT-817 at the bottom. Be sure that I read all guidelines that people post. I know how important ham must follow good technique and habit for proper operation up there !! :-) I'm still experimenting SSB calibration when using 2 half duplex controled radio.... It is a little bit tricky, but I will survive !! :-) I'm using CW for testing and calibrating.... using my headphone with a VHF TX CW sidetone in one ear and my UHF RX CW sidetone is another hear... I'm trying to zero beat as close as possible to know how much I must compensate between the rig. CW is less harmfull when doing this experiment.... and at 5W MAX only. I'm already thinking for my next generation setup... when I will use beam and rotor... and a real full duplex satellite rig... ;-) 73 2009/8/5 Luc Leblanc <[email protected]>: > On 4 Aug 2009 at 16:14, John Papay wrote: > Another way to evaluate your receiving system is to be able to copy the > satellite beacon. If you hear your downlink and not the beacon it > is an indication that you "could be using too much power on the uplink" -- Jean-François Ménard VA2SS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= AMSAT www.amsat.org / Member #37102 ARRL www.arrl.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ 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
