Jeremy First thing MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR THE BIRDS all to often ops will call cq ,helloooo whistle and all sorts of noise making. You can hit the birds with 1 watt but if you cant hear it we can still hear you. A 70cm preamp with t/r would be a good investment Then look at KO4MA cheap yagis Hope to work you soon WA4HFN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Widner" <[email protected]> To: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <[email protected]> Cc: "AMSAT" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 3:30:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: How to get started on SSB birds I am going to assume my IC-706 should work with the exception of the 70cm birds correct? That is what is mounted in the jeep and a little easier to work with than the 2000. On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner < [email protected]> wrote: > The first and smallest step would be to take that Arrow, hook it to your > 2000 on a picnic table or tailgate, and start listening to passes. That will > copy all of the transponder satellites. Tune around, listen, and then work > on making a QSO or two. The rest will go pretty naturally. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > -- 73 Jeremy Widner K0PDX http://k0pdx.us Secretary Raytown Amateur Radio Club - K0GQ http://k0gq.com/ _______________________________________________ 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
