Whenever I do a satellite demo with my 910H, Gulf Alpha CP antennas, az/el rotors, and computer control, I always take along an HT and a tape measure beam & show my audience that the FM birds *can* be worked with a much simpler setup.
HOWEVER, I always stress the same rule of thumb that applies to HF operations: "if you can't hear 'em, you can't work 'em", so if they *don't* hear the bird, STOP trying, and find & fix the problem... George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Geiger <[email protected]> > To: Clint Bradford <[email protected]> > Cc: AMSAT BB <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, January 20, 2012 1:55:57 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Getting "Cheep" ... > > I do think we need to be careful that we don't send the message that you > must have a complex (and expensive) station to work the FM sats. I > wouldn't want someone interested in the sats to give up because they > thought they needed circularly polarized yagis, elevations rotors, mast > mounted preamps, and computer control for doppler shift. [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
