[amsat-bb] Re: Freq program

[Rich/wa4bue]

Thanks

God Bless

Rich
W4BUE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clayton Coleman" <kayakfishtx at gmail.com>
To: "Rich/wa4bue" <richard.siff at verizon.net>
Cc: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Freq program


> To use the two Baofeng radios on SO-50:
>
> 1.  Program one memory channel for 145.85 MHz with a 67 Hz tone.
>
> 2.  Program another memory channel for 145.85 MHz with a 74.4 Hz tone.
> This channel will serve to turn on the 10-minute timer when required.
>
> 3.  Next, program a set of memory channels sequentially: 436.805,
> 436.800, 436.795, 436.785, and 436.780 MHz
>
> 4.  Use one of the radios as your uplink radio, transmitting on either
> of the 145.85 MHz memory channels as necessary.
>
> 5.  Use the other radio as your downlink radio, listening on
> 436.805-780.  Based on my experience with Baofengs I consider them to
> be slow in changing memories, so I would stick to the VFO-mode for the
> downlink receiver.  Manually set the VFO to 436.805 and adjust down as
> necessary for Doppler.
>
> You may program the Baofengs to operate "split" mode but then you're
> limiting yourself to semi-duplex operation.
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Rich/wa4bue <richard.siff at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>> I have two BOAFANG (SP?) that the club want to program for SO 50. and
>> possibly in advance for FOX 1.  (I know that SO 50 has a tone.)
>>
>> The questions:
>> *  What freq should be programed for S0 50 to comp for Doppler?
>> *  Same for FOX 1
>>
>> Thanks everyone for their help.
>>
>> Rich
>> W4BUE
>>
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