At 08:07 AM 5/12/2011 -0400, Justin Pinnix wrote: >Kevin, > >Congrats on your first contacts! > >I built a handle for the Elk out of PVC pipe. It's long enough (about 4 >feet) so that I can rest one end of it on my hip to carry most of the >weight. The passes are only 10 minutes or so, so my arm doesn't get too >tired with the rest of the weight. I call it my 3-axis Armstrong rotor :-)
This is exactly what I do! It works well and keeps things reasonable for a pass. The peice I use might be a tad shorter, but same principle...rest it on hip. 73, Mark N8MH >AO-51 has been having some issues lately, so you'll want to also try out >AO-27 and SO-50. Just remember that if you don't hear other stations then >either your receive freq is wrong, volume is turned down, antenna is pointed >the wrong way, radio is in the wrong mode, or the satellite isn't >operating. In any of those cases, transmitting will either cause QRM or be >fruitless :-) > >73 de AJ4MJ > >On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Kevin Deane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> I got to talk on the AO-51 today was pretty neat! Sorry for my bad >> performance, I was using the Elk, handheld for the first time and probably >> should not practice on that bird. I dont know how you guys do it, my arm was >> all getting tired, gotta be a better way to do that. Camera tripod or >> something? >> >> Also I was receiving it on the western pass, but there was no one there. >> Unless I was picking up something else on that frequency...Is it on all the >> time now? Will it be on this morning? I thought you guys were turning it on >> and off? >> >> Anyway, thanks to all who do the work, something about talking on the >> satellite's, I love it every time! >> >> Kevin >> KF7MYK >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >_______________________________________________ >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 _______________________________________________ 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
