[amsat-bb] Re: RS series mode A downlink power

[Joe]

Mine was on Oscar 6 & 7, mode A

Drake TR-4  and quad loop laid horizontally for recv.

Transmit was a 4 ele cushcraft fox hunt beam, and a rock bound FM two 
meter tranny with dev and mic gains turned fully down, and we straight 
keyed the PTT.

and amazingly it was pretty clean  just a barely detectable chirp,  but 
heard lots worse chirpers in those days on HF.  so felt pretty good.

Workked in less than a year like 28 states with the 10 wayy FM rig 
running cw.

Joe WB9SBD

John W Lee wrote:

>RS 10/11 worked out real good for me. 
>I was doing a lot of travelling  in 1987-90,
>and was able to make a lot of mobile QSO's  
>using an  IC-230 (10 watts on CW) with one frequency
>in the middle of the passband,  quarter wave antenna on
>the uplink, and receiving on an  FT-301 with Hustler 
>10-meter mobile antenna.   Amazing ! 
>
>I was keying the PTT through the accessory jack and
>a Vibroplex bug !  And the CW sounded good, too !
>
>73
>JOhn K6YK
>
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>From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed at gmail.com>
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>Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:33:53 +1000
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RS series mode A downlink power
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>At 12:14 PM 9/17/2009, you wrote:
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>>As per the Satellite Experimenter's Handbook 2nd edition:
>>
>>    Power output:   5 watts for RS10/11
>>    Power output :   8 watts PEP for RS-12/13
>>    
>>
> 
>Interesting, I had better results on RS10 than RS12/13.  Was RS10's 
>uplink more sensitive?
> 
>73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
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