Alan,
Thanks for the reply. I usually don't reply to many emails here, but I feel
this was necessary. I bare to disagree with you Alan. If I would have known
the rig had a birdie right on the downlink frequency of two of the most
popular
fm birds, I would not have purchased the rig years ago. Making a
statement of a "few quirks" does not give a person a fair assessment of the
rig. I just feel it is a very important fact.
Angelo / N5UXT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan" <[email protected]>
To: "'Angelo Glorioso'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to
get
Angelo,
rig it does have a few quirks.
There was no need to bury him with details.
Alan
WA4SCA
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Angelo Glorioso
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 7:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to get
Hi Oscar and Alan,
Please be aware of the birdie right on the downlink of SO50. This is an
internal birdie. I think it is very important to pass this on. It will
affect AO27 also if it comes back to life or any
satellite that uses 436.800 as a downlink.
73 de Angelo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan" <[email protected]>
To: "'Oscar Ortega'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 7:07 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to get
Hi Oscar,
Call?
Any of those should work fine, and you should include the Kenwood
TS-2000
in your search list. It is
still in production, and well thought of, though like nearly every other
rig it does have a few
quirks.
The FT-847 is still a great rig, and is usually snapped up whenever a
good
used one becomes available.
The first batch had "write only" CAT control, with all of the following
ones having bidirectional
capability which is needed for modern control programs such as SatPC32.
Many of the first ones where
modified, but if you consider one, make certain it has the update.
Note that you can use two regular rigs together to form a satellite
station. Some people find a good
eBay or flea market rig as a second unit. Again, programs like SatPC32
will work with this
combination and make it look like a single rig. For instance, our
Dayton
Hamvention demo station uses
two FT-817s.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Oscar Ortega
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 6:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [amsat-bb] Newbie needs advice on which transceiver to get
Hi,
I recently got interested in trying satellite communications. I bought
an
Arrow antenna and I am
wondering
which transceiver to get. So far I have found the FT-847, IC-910h and
IC-9100.
The FT-847 scares me since it is a bit old, however I have heard it is
very good for satellite and
EME.
Any advice would be appreciated!!
Regards,
Oscar
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