[amsat-bb] Re: Field Day mode for AO-51

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 07:20 -0500, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> >From past studies, mode L/U is the place to be if you want to work someone
> on AO-51 without an EME station.  ;)  While the V/U FM repeater was choked
> on every pass, there were very few stations on L/U.  In the four passes I
> monitored last year, totaling 46 minutes, there were only 21 station heard.
> Half of those were on the first pass, and by the last pass on Sunday, only
> one plaintive station calling.
> 
> Alan
> WA4SCA

Presumably that's because very few people have L- and S-band equipment.
I'm guessing that many people are - like me - put off by the prohibitive
cost and requirement for overcomplicated tracking systems.

Working V/U with a handheld antenna is much more fun than sitting
watching a computer twiddle servos and tune the radio for you.

Gordon MM0YEQ