[amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 and VO-52

[Jean-François Ménard]

Hi everybody,

I finally did my first SSB bird this morning using VO-52. The winner
is NL7VX Steven.

The experience was incredible !! Using SSB sat is a little bit tricker
for beginner..... but FUN!!

I will try as soon as a pass will be enough high for me.... And I will
also keep learning how to tweak everything around me in my shack !!

Best 73 !!

J-FVA2SS

P.S. VA2SS.... SS stands for SAT SAT!! Hi Hi !!

2009/8/4 Rocky Jones <orbitjet at hotmail.com>:
> Jean.  My experience is that you will do just fine.  I have used a
> Lindenblad and crossed dipoles (see the QST stories) for quite a bit as
> secondary/field day antennas ...and now that we have a country place outside
> of Houston am setting them up here as first of antennas...they work great on
> most if not all of the low orbit satellites.  I even do fairly well on AO
> 7.    The M2 are good antennas so you shouldnt have any problems.
>
> I would be interested to hear about your results  take care and good luck
>
> Robert WB5MZO
>
>> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:53:17 -0400
>> From: jf.va2ss at gmail.com
>> To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 and VO-52
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to know if I'm dreaming, but will it be possible for me
>> to use these two satellites with my pair of FT-817 running on
>> SatPC32??
>>
>> Am I asking too much for my 5W only radios ?? I'm using 2 Eggbeater
>> antenna from M²... EB-144 and EB432 with AR² preamps on both antennas
>> feed with heliax.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> --
>> Jean-François Ménard
>> VA2SS
>>
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Jean-François Ménard
VA2SS

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