[amsat-bb] Re: Half-duplex on the Kenwood TH-F6A

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Nah, no worries! It's a fun mode, but can be a challenge tuning to keep up by hand.

73, Drew KO4MA


-----Original Message-----
>From: Zach Leffke <zleffke at vt.edu>
>Sent: Apr 16, 2013 5:26 PM
>To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>, amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net, amsat-bb at amsat.org
>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Half-duplex on the Kenwood TH-F6A
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>Ahhh, my apologies Drew.  I should have said previously uncommon modes instead of unheard of modes.  As I am relatively new to the Amateur Satellite community, I'm sure there is plenty that I am unaware of, and this is an example of that.  Again, my apologies.  I'm looking forward to seeing how things play out in the future.
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>-Zach, KJ4QLP
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner at mindspring.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:11 PM
>To: Zach Leffke; amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net; amsat-bb at amsat.org
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Half-duplex on the Kenwood TH-F6A
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Zach Leffke <zleffke at vt.edu>
>> This technology will allow previously unheard of modes of operation 
>>that could allow these types of HTs to complete a QSO.  Imagine a 
>>software defined transponder that receives an uplink in FM and 
>>downlinks SSB.
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>I did that on AO-16 after we put it in "bent pipe" mode, although that was FM to DSB. The ISIS cubesat radios also have this ability, and I think we'll see it on some of those soon.
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>73, Drew KO4MA
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