[amsat-bb] Re: Little CW Operation?

[Bob- W7LRD]

That warbley or fm'ing sound is if we run too much power or there are several people on at the same time.  Those poor 36 (I think) year old solar cells are working  really hard.  Try to keep the power to a minimum to maintain communications. 

73 Bob W7LRD 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Cavanaugh" <seanc at unixgeeks.ca> 
To: "Tom Schaefer, NY4I" <ny4i at arrl.net> 
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org 
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:53:21 PM 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Little CW Operation? 

If you can, call CQ. That's how I got the 1 CW QSO I've ever gotten on the sats. I would have had 2 if I hadn't messed up the VFO. 

I've really got to get my sat station set up again so I can try again... I love the somewhat warbley sound of CW on AO-7. :) 

Sean - VA5LF 

On 2011-06-08, at 10:49 AM, Tom Schaefer, NY4I wrote: 

> I'm still learning about SATs but I just was curious if my experience was typical regarding CW activity. 
> 
> On most passes, I am lucky to hear a single CW station on FO29 or other linear transponder birds. 
> 
> I monitor during the week from my desk when MacDoppler tells me a pass is coming up. 
> 
> Is this fairly typical during the week? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Tom NY4I 
> 
> 
> Tom Schaefer, NY4I 
> ny4i at arrl.net 
> EL88pb 
> Monitoring EchoLink node KJ4FEC-L 489389 
> DSTAR Capable  APRS: NY4I-15 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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