There was a ton of Field Day activity on VO-52 this year. I had no
problem making contacts for K6AA.
FO-29 also preformed very well this year on the passes I was on.
Poor old AO-7 was getting the daylights hammered out of her, and MANY
station were running WAY too much power.
If I can get an S9 signal back running 5 Watts with modest antennas, why
oh why do people run so much power the poor bird FM's?
Oh, well......
73, Jim KQ6EA/K6AA
On 06/25/2012 03:03 AM, [email protected] wrote:
On Jun 22 2012, Keith Baker wrote:
Is it me, my keps or my equipment....or did I hear VO-52 in Mode J
this (Friday AM) in a pass over the USA?
73,
Keith BakerKB1SF / VA3KSF
I dont't know, but I usually have zero trouble working VO-52 during
Field Day, but this year I never heard even a peep from it on about a
dozen passes that I tried. It felt almost as if the satellite was not
there or the transponder was off. Probably an equipment problem on my
end, but I was able to hear (but not work) AO-27 and FO-29 a few
times, so I know I at least had my Android phone set up properly for
making pass predictions, and they also matched the pass predictions on
AMSAT.ORG online. So, unlike prior years, when I've done stupid things
like not correct for Daylight Saving Time or updated the station
coordinates, I know I at least had those major goofs prevented. But I
was shocked and disappointed that I could not even hear the slightest
bit of activity or signal return this past weekend. Like I said, this
has always been an excellent, reliable linear transponder, so I was
particularly surprised...
W0JT (for the W0BU Field Day effort)
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