[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 L/S?

[KG4ZLB]

Remember "experimenters Wednesday's" ?

I would vote for some sort of return of that if possible.

David KG4ZLB

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On 4 Oct 2009, at 14:27, "Alan VE4YZ" <ve4yz at mts.net> wrote:

> Bob, I second that!  Right now I'm trying to locally sell my 2 K5GNA
> downconverters and seriously considering getting rid of a FT736r  
> with the
> 1.2GHZ module because of the inactivity.  My FT847 is all that gets  
> used.
> The last local flea market this year is 2 weekends from now and then  
> I have
> to think about doing an eBay.
>
> A 3 or 4 day session on L/S, U/S or V/S once a month allows for
> experimenting and tweaking in addition to trying to work 1 or 2 of  
> those
> days into your other commitments.
>
> Thank goodness for baby monitors and older cordless phones so that I  
> can
> periodically scan the horizon to check out the K5GNA's :-)
>
> ... Alan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org]  
> On
> Behalf Of Bob- W7LRD
> Sent: October 4, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: ao51-modes at amsat.org; ao51-modes at amsat.org
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 L/S?
>
>
>
> Hello Gents
>
> I would like to request a "somewhat" consistent L and / or  S mode
> availability on AO- 51.  A recent post by John-K8YSE correctly  
> explained
> that long term L/S availability is almost counter productive.  If we  
> define
> that by the number of operators to pass ratio.  There are a few of  
> us L/S
> holdouts mostly from AO-40 (sobsob).  If we could plan that for say  
> three
> days (or whatever) at a given date we can expect those modes, and be  
> ready.
>   Right now it appears to be a month to month variable decision with  
> nothing
> definitive.  If there were more availabilty and chit-chat about L/S  
> modes it
> might inspire others to try it.   AO-51 is the only testbed for  
> varied L/S
> modes.  The only way I have for "tweeking" my S band gear is to put  
> a -35Dbm
> signal source at the end of my driveway and tweeking    my equipment  
> and
> antennas.  Real world evaluation is always the proof of success.
>
> 73 Bob W7LRD
>
>
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