Ok. Yes Sorry was typing my phone. Yes I was talking about SSB. I have an HF all mode, but don't have 2 meter or 70 cm on that radio. I have a couple FM baofengs HT's. So guess I use them for SO-50. Ive been doing some reading and thinking of getting a USB dongle. Ive been reading on the funcube dongles, but not in my budget right not, but was looking at these cheap dongles. Will they work for AO-73 and other satellites?
Todd Bloomingdale- KC9LOX Tomah, WI On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Patrick STODDARD <[email protected]>wrote: > Todd, > > If you were meaning to type SSB for the type of signals > transmitted from AO-73, then yes - you will need a radio > capable of SSB reception to copy anything from AO-73 - > telemetry or transponder. If you have access to a > Kenwood TH-F6A HT, this radio has an all-mode receiver > which may be sufficient for copying the telemetry and > the transponder from AO-73. For the telemetry, you would > patch the speaker audio from the radio into the mic jack > on a PC running the FUNcube Dashboard software from the > www.funcube.org.uk web site, and set the radio around > 145.935 MHz USB (probably start closer to 145.938 MHz > at the start of a pass, and end up around 145.932 MHz > near the end of the pass). Make sure the radio you use > has small tuning steps, and be ready to tune down during > the pass. > > The daytime passes are the easiest to copy telemetry, as > the transponder is off at that time. The telemetry is still > on at night, but at 1/10 the power level that is used for > the daytime passes (30mW downlink at night, compared to 300mW > in daylight) to allow for the transponder to operate. The > transponder transmits at 300mW across its 20 kHz passband, > betwen 145.950 and 145.970 MHz - use USB for best performance > when listening to the transponder. You can see some slideshow > videos of me working the AO-73 transponder, using different > radios as the receiver, on my YouTube channel: > > http://www.youtube.com/va7ewk > > Hope that helps. 73! > > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Todd Bloomingdale < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm interested in trying to receive the AO-73 telemetry. Currently, I'm >> not >> able to SB, so I know that the transponder is out of question for me. But >> is a SB radio needed for the telemetry? >> >> Todd Bloomingdale- KC9LOX >> Tomah, WI >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ 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
