Mike, Some FT-847s have been reported to be a bit flakey with SO-50. Others have reported no problems. I have a different rig now, but my experience was that it normally worked fine, but that every now and then I would get a pass like yours. The PL deviation and frequency checked fine, so I never found an explanation at the shack end.
Alan WA4SCA -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Michael J. Wolthuis Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 9:47 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50 and FT-847 Good morning Amsat, I have been struggling this morning to work SO-50 from an FT-847 and wondering if I am missing something. I had a 26deg pass today and could hear everyone fine. I am transmitting on 145.8500 +/- auto Doppler correction. I am using PL encode set in the radio on 67hz. I have the transmit on the subband and receive on the main band. Am I missing something simple? I couldn't seem to get into the satellite today no matter what I did. I have never been able to work SO-50. This same setup performed flawlessly on AO-51. My only thought is the CTCSS tone is not being generated or is not transmitting on the SUB Band? It does state ENC for Tone Encode on the FT-847 sub band. Curious what the list thinks I may have wrong? I really want to get active on SO-50 for the rest of the summer. Thanks for any thoughts, ideas, past gotchas, etc.. Mike Kb8zgl _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
