Simple answer...FM rigs will tend to chirp as you key the mic line as
the VCO pulls onto frequency...crystal matrix FM radios such as the old
Standard will be T-9...
The purists will cry about the chirpy signal...but, most people who work
CW on satellites would relish a new operator/contact
My first Oscar Station,,,
I do not remember if it was Oscar 6 or 7, but it was 1975, and we
listened to many passes on the ten meter downlink.
We got from a local ham, an old AM vfo controlled 2 meter rig. It was
AM only. it had a Red face and was BIG like the size of a heathkit
SB-200
Boy, that sounds familiar !
My first Oscar station was a Regency HR-2B FM rig
with ONE crystal in the middle of the uplink band on 2 meters,
keying the high-low power switch. You couldn't hear the low
power but the 15 watts on high power made it fine.
And the receivers were an HW-101 and
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From: k6yk k...@juno.com
To: n...@mwt.net
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Fri, February 4, 2011 11:33:46 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Linear Xpndr Operating Economics.
Boy, that sounds familiar !
My first Oscar station was a Regency HR-2B FM rig
with ONE crystal in the middle
Whoops!
I forgot to mention that the antennas were an omni vertical
ground plane on 2 meters for the uplink and tri-band beam
for the 10 meter downlink.
73,
John K6YK
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:33:46 -0800 k6yk k...@juno.com writes:
Boy, that sounds familiar !
My first Oscar station was a
