W5MSQ (MoSQrpitos - Houston QRP Club) had six VO-52 contacts during Field
Day. Doppler was an issue plus our QRP ops, but no odd occurances. AO-07 was
better for us with 13 contacts. We were ready for Mode A on AO-07, but it
did not happen. No problems!
Andy W5ACM (W5MSQ)
There is no good reason for anything to be anywhere... therefore, anything
is possible!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Jerzycke" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:52 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO-52 in Mode J?
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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