[amsat-bb] Re: Trio TR 9300
Does anyone on the bb have an english version of the operators manual for a Trio TR9300 6m radio IIRC the TR9300 is much the same as the TR9000 2m and TR9500 70cm rig. Perhaps the manual from one of these would be close enough. Here is the manual for TR-9000, it's probably quite relevant for '9300 as Gordon suggested: http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/tr9000_manual.pdf 73 de Ari OH3KAV ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: never gets old
2011/4/12 Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net Ya know this stuff never gets old. I've been messing around with this stuff for about 50 years. This afternoon I finished installing my FT-8800 in my truck. Hi Bob, congrats on your new mobile setup. I also get excited every time when I manage to get a sat QSO from my mobile (FT-8900 + mag whip currently). There is usually one or two good orbits about the time when I try leave my job in the afternoon so every now and then I try to make few qsos from my car on the top floor of the parking building of my office. Bit hard to explain my collagues why I have to be in my car within few minutes time window, to talk to someone over radio ;) 73 de Ari OH3KAV Tampere, Finland (grid: KP11) ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: Gagarin Anniversary
2011/4/8 i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it Just for curiosity. Was Yury Gagarin a licensed radio Ham and what his call letter ? Anybody had a QSO with him ? I think K2UBC discussed this aspect here on amsat-bb some years ago and the outcome was probably not, i.e. there is no proof Yuri G was UA1LO, which has been a common belief based some QSL with Gagarin's picture on QSL from UA1LO whose name happened to be Yuri as well. Anyhow I had yesterday a QSO on HF with U5ARTEK, a clubstation whose page on qrz.com shows a picture of Yuri Gagarin operating from the same club station back in 1960's. So Yuri has probably been at least a 2nd operator ;) Anyway there is plenty of anniversary stations on the air at least on HF (hopefully also on sats), at least the following: R50YG Yuri Gagarin R50SK Sergey Korolev RG50D RG50K RG50F Star City training center RG50C Landing Site RG50G R1961G U5ARTEK/A R3K Energija Space Flight Control Center 73 de Ari OH3KAV Tampere, Finland (grid: KP11) ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: Bird
2011/4/6 Kevin Deane summit...@live.com A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word I do not know the year of that song but I am sure some of you do. Yes, wikipedia does: 1963 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfin_Bird Later, in '80's this was popularized by the soundtrack of Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, from where i remember it but never thought how suitable this would be as a theme song for sat ops. 73 de Ari OH3KAV Tampere, Finland (grid: KP11) ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: FT-8800R new toy
2011/3/13 Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net Not wanting to reinvent the wheel. Anyone using the FT-8800R mobile for satellites have any hints or sugestions, antennas etc. Email direct-thanks. Hi, I am using FT-8900R (practically same as '8800 plus 6m and 10m) for working satellites from my car. My antenna is a Diamond NR770 dualband whip on the trunk lid of my car. While this setup is ok for usual mobile FM operation and APRS, it is probably not optimal for satellite ops. I have got better results on satellites with a dual band mag whip on the roof the my car. Especially when the satellite is below ~60 degrees it can be reached easily when I can hear it (thanks to 50 watts on the uplink). When the sat is higher than that the whip is not so good. I have been working mainly on AO-51 and I have preprogrammed the uplink/downlink channel pairs with different doppler values so it is easy to follow the sweet spot while the sat first approaches (above the nominal frequency on downlink) and the starts to fly away (below the nominal freq). Programming goes easily with FTB8900 software by G4HFQ. As same channel pairs are available both on the left and right side of the radio, I usually transmit and listen on the left side of the radio and try to listen my own signal on downlink with the right side of the rig. With a single mobile whip the sensitivity of the downlink rx is usually not good enough during the transmission. This might be better with separate antennasa for uplink and downlink. I have planned to use my Arrow yagi with FT-8900R. As the Arrow's diplexer is rated only max 10 watts, I bought 100w rated separate diplexer to be used with '8900 instead. But I have not tried this combination yet. 73 de Ari OH3KAV / OH7KA Tampere, Finland (grid: KP11) ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT-8800
2011/1/12 Ernie Howard w8eh.er...@gmail.com I have three of the FT-8800 mobiles. They work great for satellite. I have FT-8900 in my car (which is pretty much the same radio, except with 2 additional bands, 28 and 50 MHz). I am quite happy with the sensitivity of the radio, no problems hearing AO-51 and having few QSOs with suitable passes with Diamond NR770 mobile whip in the tailgate of my vehicle. Usually passes rising not higher than ~60 degs are quite good but the whip is not that good in higher elevations. What I particularily like (besides the sat-capability) is that normally I am using the left side of the radio for monitoring the local repeaters while right side acts as an APRS transmitter (with TinyTrak attached). What I don't like is the wobbly and fragile feeling of knobs of the radio. The first FT-8900 I bought was DOA right out of the box, but after it got replaced with another one, the current unit has served few years flawlessly. 73 de Ari OH3KAV Tampere, Finland (grid: KP11) ___ Sent via amsat...@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
[amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
Hi, Joe KK0SD wrote: Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual band hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for satellite operation? I also recently got a Wouxun KG-UVD1P and today gave it a try on HO-68. My antenna is a long telescopic whip, Diamond RH-770 (quite similar to Pryme AL-800). I was very surprised to hear traffic from HO-68 almost immediatelly it was over the horizon. There was many very strong stations and I did not manage to get my 5 W signal through, but at least the receiver-side seems to be very sensitive. There is few quirks in the usage of Wouxun, but with pre-programmed channels and other settings I probably can live with it. Anyway Wouxun's felt quality and usability is sheer improvement compared to earlier HT offerings from China I've seen. I have not made comparisons with other radios yet, but to me Wouxun seems quite promising. I usually use Yaesu FT-60r with Arrow II yagi for my backyard-portable FM-satellite QSOs. The SMA-connector in FT-60 feels quite fragile for long telescopic whips (Yes, I know KC2BHO's adapters might provide a solution), whereas Wouxun's casing provides some support even with standard BNC-SMA(F) adapter, reducing the stress caused by a long whip. In Europe, Wouxun's are available in some reputable vendors, with CE approval (whatever it's worth..). Mine came from eBay, though... 73 de Ari OH3KAV (grid: KP11) ___ Sent via amsat...@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
