[amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days

[Greg D.]

Hi Joe,

I believe the two sides of both of the satellites had different, fixed, frequency settings.  So, you can tell which side it was by what frequencies you were using.

Greg  KO6TH


> From: gary_mayfield at hotmail.com
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 08:07:44 -0600
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
> 
> Domenico,
> 
> The recordings sound neat.
> 
> I would have not known at the time of the QSO if I were talking on RS-10 or
> RS-11.  As you know they were multiple satellites, but physically connected
> together as one orbiting object, they may have even had only one power bus.
> 
> 73,
> Joe kk0sd
>  
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
> To: "'AMSAT'" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:36 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
> 
> > One of my winter projects is to get all of my OSCAR contacts back to 1989
> > in LOTW.  Unfortunately, my older logs are not available.
> >
> > What are folks doing about contacts made on RS-10/11?  My log book says
> > RS-10/11 and LOTW wants either RS-10 or RS-11 and I really don't have a
> > way to tell which?  The same conundrum applies to RS-12/13, but it appears
> > I logged most of them as RS-13 for some reason.
> >
> > Thanks and 73,
> >
> > Joe kk0sd
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Beginning from OSCAR-6 up to AO40 I have all my QSO recorded on
> a professional tape recorder REVOX A77 using 1/4" tape winded in many
> and many big coils each 10.63 " in diameter and so I can enjoy to hear time
> to time the voice of my old satellite friends and as well the CW ROBOT
> of the RS satellites.Before to start any QSO I mention on tape the name of
> the satellite the orbit numbar and the date, just for record along with the
> log on paper.
> 
> 73" de
> 
> i8CVS Domenico
> 
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