Tony, you are everywhere!.
DX de KT2Q: 14015.8 CT1BOH 0039Z Andy. On 5/26/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andy, The AO51 FM satellite is fairly easy to work. The voice uplink is on 145.920 and the downlink is 435.300. It's works much like an FM repeater. Doppler will cause the downlink frequency to shift during the pass so expect to move your VFO as much as 5kHz high at the start and 5kHz low towards the end. Doppler will be closest to the actual downlink frequency during the middle of the pass. There are three passes tonight (Saturday); the closest will begin at 00:56z and end at 01:11z. The bird will be at it's closest point around 00:03z (09:03pm EST). See attached image of AO51's footprint and pass times. The VO-52 satellite is another 'easy sat'. This one has a wide passband and is SSB/CW only. It uses an inverting transponder; LSB on the uplink, USB on the downlink. Let me know if you're interested... See www.amsat.org http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/status.php Tony KT2Q ---- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <andrewobrie%40gmail.com>> To: <[email protected] <digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com>> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Satellite QSOs anyone ? > I've never made a satellite QSO, any mode. Does > anyone have a tip of > which satellite to use for the easiest one to > try first? I have HF , > 2M, and 440 all mode capability. Anyone want to > try a QSO this > weekend? For "good passes", how far above the > horizon does the bird > realistically have to be for an "easy" contact > ? > > Andy K3UK > > PS, anyone have an easy to read chart of > satellite by name , up/down > link frequencies and modes supported ? I have > found several but they > all seem to contradict each other and require a > lot of flipping from > one window to another. >
