[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM
George Henry
ka3hsw at att.net
Sat Dec 26 10:59:28 PST 2009
I think that the whole problem is the sheer number of stations trying to get
into the bird at the same time... destructive interference occurs between
all the differently-phased PL tones, and NO ONE gets in most of the time.
I would love to see how much easier it would be to use with the tone turned
off. Either that, or leave it in linear mode all the time.........
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE at UNITED.NET>
To: "'WCP'" <wcp2 at mchsi.com>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 12:18 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM
>A good question. Some people seem to get in effortlessly, others seldom if
> at all. I fall into the seldom category, though I had better luck today.
> Someone suggested that perhaps my dilithium crystals needed realignment,
> so
> I pulled out my calibrated deviation meter, and verified the PL is set as
> recommended for the FT-847 at 700 Hz. Next, I pulled out my counter with
> GPS time base, and measured 66.961 Hz for the tone. I am pretty certain
> that an accuracy of .06% should be good enough. ;)
>
> I am wondering if it wants significantly more or less PL audio level. It
> shouldn't be too hard to rig up an external injection when the operation
> is
> more frequent. You have got to love satellite ops. Always something
> interesting to consider!
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
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