[amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 Mode A

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

I'd be happy to work you, especially if I knew who and where you were!

73, Drew KO4MA


-----Original Message-----
>From: Owner <npacificmariner at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 7, 2013 10:38 AM
>To: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net>
>Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 Mode A
>
>Name	Mode(s)	Frequencies	Beacon(s)
>AO-10*	B	Uplink 435.030 - 435.180 CW/LSB
>Downlink 145.975 - 145.825 CW/USB	145.810 CW
>RS-10/11*	A	Uplink 145.865 - 145.905 CW/USB
>Downlink 29.360 - 29.400 CW/USB	29.357 CW
>RS-12/13	KT 
>K 
>T	Uplink 21.210 - 21.250 CW/USB 
>Downlink 29.410 - 29.450 CW/USB 
>Downlink 145.910 - 145.950 CW/USB	29.408 CW
>145.908 CW
>RS-15*	A	Uplink 145.858 - 145.898 CW/USB 
>Downlink 29.354 - 29.394 CW/USB	29.3525 CW 
>29.3987 CW
>RS-16*	A	Uplink 145.915 - 145.948 CW/USB
>Downlink 29.415 - 29.448 CW/USB	435.504 CW 
>435.548 CW
>29.408 CW
>29.451 CW
>FO-20	JA	Uplink 146.000 - 145.900 CW/LSB
>Downlink 435.800 - 435.900 CW/USB	435.795 CW
>AO-27*	J-FM	Uplink 145.850 FM 
>Downlink 436.800 FM	None
>FO-29*	JA	Uplink 146.000 - 145.900 CW/LSB
>Downlink 435.800 - 435.900 CW/USB	435.795 CW
>MIR Simplex	N/A	Uplink 145.200 FM
>Downlink 145.800 FM	
>SAFEX Repeater (Mir)*	N/A	Uplink 435.750 FM subaudible tone 141.3 
>Downlink 437.950 FM	None
>SAREX Simplex (Space Shuttle)*	N/A	Uplink 144.910, 144.93, 144.95 144.97 or 144.99 FM
>(Europe Only) Uplink 144.70, 144.75, or 144.80 MHz
>(Worldwide) Downlink 145.55 FM	None
>
>For reasons I cannot think of, for years I had this stored on my computer and this morning I found it and thought I would share it for sentimental reasons with you all…. 
>These were fun times… we all sure had a good time back then,  and I think that we still can,  this weekend I am going out to repair my 2m and 432 antennas and am going to again try to be on the ssb transponders if anyone wants to have a go…. 
>
>On Nov 6, 2013, at 21:52, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> my 2 cents...back in the day I had a one wavelength loop looking up, I later added a reflector below it, hence a two element round quad looking up, it was some wire inside  some pvc pipe.   I would start  with  a quad beam at low elevation then switch to the "vertical" round quad when the satellite was higher.  This was super for RS-15.  I wrote an article for the journal years ago about it.  
>> 73 Bob W7LRD
>> 
>> From: "John" <npacificmariner at gmail.com>
>> To: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus at mcn.net>
>> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:15:22 AM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 Mode A
>> 
>> When I started, I had a hand me down beat up yaesu ft-221R 2m all mode with an old cb mic with a mag mount antenna and a realistic 10m all mode radio that didn’t transmit and a dipole but almost everyday I was either listening to or working someone on RS-10…. ahhhh the life…. it was so good with those russian leo sats, all you needed was a tickle of a signal to work some folks, now today with a TS-2000LE with 23cm, all I see is that fm sats are always clobbered by over-powered users and transponder HOGS, no room to even try to make a contact, what with everyone in my area trying to over-power each other to have control of what little transponder room there is. What a person wouldn’t give for an “A” mode bird or 2 again….  sure do miss those RS birds, they were so much fun…
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 6, 2013, at 7:51, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL <vlfiscus at mcn.net> wrote:
>> 
>> > At 06:48 PM 11/5/2013 -0800, "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
>> >> I've tried AO7-A a number of times, but there's never anyone there to work.
>> >> 
>> >> Back in the glory days of the RS Birds, Mode A was very active. I sure do
>> >> miss them. They worked very well!
>> >> 
>> >> 73,    Bob K8BL
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I loved the RS satellites. They're what got me hooked.  I wish
>> > the plan for the next LEO was a new linear mode Mode A bird for
>> > a starter satellite not another FM 'Grid-Lock' sat.
>> > 
>> > KB7ADL
>> > 
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