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> _______________________________________________ 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
