[amsat-bb] Re: There's no usable satellites

[B J]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, B J <va6bmj at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Bato,Andras <bato at starjan.hu> wrote:
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>> Gentlemen,
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>> I have spent too much money on an FT-847!
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>> I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead!
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>> There is practically no usable satellites -except for AO-7 and VO-52.
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> I've worked FO-29, AO-27, and AO-51 with my '847.
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> The problem is that you can find always the same stations on them.
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> Sometimes that happens but, once in a while, I contact a station I've never
> worked before or reach someone in a new grid square.
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> I've been on satellites for just over 3  years and I've logged over 340
> different stations and over 270 grid squares, making contacts in 5 different
> countries in North America and Europe.  I did that using 7 different birds
> and the ISS FM repeater.
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>> F2IL is in my log about 300 times...
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>> Spending money on FM satellites were made according to long term plans of
>> IARU, ARRL and AMSAT which had been a dream of
>> handling emergency traffic using hand-held equipment and antenna -as far
>> as I know.
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>> Satellite activity is seriously declining!
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> I've found that there's always something new I can try over a satellite.
> This year, I started on SSB and made contacts over AO-7 Mode B, FO-29, and
> VO-52.  I'd like to try AO-7 Mode A if I can get a proper antenna for it.
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I forgot to add my name and callsign:

Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL