[amsat-bb] Re: Milliwatt 2-way contact

[Tony Langdon]

At 12:14 AM 11/13/2009, Tim - N3TL wrote:
>Hey everyone,
>
>During the 2045-2046 UTC portion of the AO-27 pass over the western 
>U.S. yesterday (11 November), Sawson (KG6NUB) and I completed a 
>two-way contact with handheld stations. Each of us transmitted 50mW 
>(.05-watt) out. Sawson used a Kenwood TH-D7 with an Arrow, and I 
>used a Yaesu VX-7R with an Elk. Including the published, nominal 
>transmitter power of AO-27 (500mW), our "power budget" for the 
>contact was 600mW, or .6-watt.

Nice work!  I used to use around 200-250mW on UO-14 from time to 
time, when that bird was operational, and had no issues getting in at 
that power level into a 2 element Yagi.  Haven't tried anything 
lower, because that's as low as my radios would go.  Today, the 
lowest power I could manage is around 500 mW.  Besides, the antenna's 
not back on the air, I have to replace a couple of dodgy SMA-BNC 
adapters that don't fit the radios. :(

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