[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM

[jeffk13057@yahoo.com]

I haven't been able to get into the sat either in FM or linear. And I work AO-7 and VO-52 regularly as well as the FM birds. Frustrating so far but I will keep at it.

73
Jeff WB2SYK
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-----Original Message-----
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw at att.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:28 
To: <APBIDDLE at mailaps.org>; 'WCP'<wcp2 at mchsi.com>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM

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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