On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, B J <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Bato,Andras <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gentlemen, >> >> I have spent too much money on an FT-847! >> >> I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead! >> >> There is practically no usable satellites -except for AO-7 and VO-52. >> > > I've worked FO-29, AO-27, and AO-51 with my '847. > > The problem is that you can find always the same stations on them. >> > > Sometimes that happens but, once in a while, I contact a station I've never > worked before or reach someone in a new grid square. > > I've been on satellites for just over 3 years and I've logged over 340 > different stations and over 270 grid squares, making contacts in 5 different > countries in North America and Europe. I did that using 7 different birds > and the ISS FM repeater. > > >> >> F2IL is in my log about 300 times... >> >> Spending money on FM satellites were made according to long term plans of >> IARU, ARRL and AMSAT which had been a dream of >> handling emergency traffic using hand-held equipment and antenna -as far >> as I know. >> >> Satellite activity is seriously declining! >> > > I've found that there's always something new I can try over a satellite. > This year, I started on SSB and made contacts over AO-7 Mode B, FO-29, and > VO-52. I'd like to try AO-7 Mode A if I can get a proper antenna for it. > > <snip> > > I forgot to add my name and callsign:
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