[amsat-bb] Fox, "Easy Sats"....et al....

[Joe]

Why don't they have mode "A" anymore? even the single channel FM could 
be mode a true?
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On 7/4/2015 12:48 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> Well, you are partially right. With OSCAR 6 and 7 and their strong ten
> meter downlinks, it was just a matter of adding two meter transmit
> capability to an HF station. Now it does take a little more work to
> receive and transmit at VHF and UHF with SSB or CW and the prevalence
> of man-made noise on VHF and UHF these days generally requires a beam.
>
> I am quite certain that many of the people that worked OSCARs, 6, 7,
> 8, and the RS birds never graduated from Mode A. Just like many of the
> FM satellite users never graduate from FM.
>
> People tend to think it's more difficult than it is. I've made over
> 2,000 linear transponder contacts with nothing more than two Yaesu
> FT-817s (for a few hundred of those I used an Icom IC-R10 receiver)
> and an Arrow antenna handheld.
>
> The radios for operating via a linear transponder are widely available
> and inexpensive. A Yaesu FT-100, FT-817, FT-857, FT-897, FT-991 or an
> Icom IC-706MkII(g), Icom IC-7000, or any of those plus a FUNcube
> dongle and computer to receive the downlink are all the radio you need
> and an Arrow or Elk antenna will get you going.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>> Funny how a linear bird is a technical challenge, wow, as a novice in 1975 I
>> listened to Oscar 6 & 7 all the time. and once up graded used them also all
>> the time. Sad to think that 1970's technology is high tech to anyone.
>> Joe WB9SBD
>> Sig
>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
>> Idle Tyme
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>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
>>
>> On 7/4/2015 12:10 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> The idea is to get people hooked on satellite operating and then have
>>> them "graduate" to more challenging aspects of satellite operating.
>>>
>>> AMSAT is, of course, working on projects that be more of a technical
>>> challenge than FM satellites, like Fox-1E with a linear transponder
>>> and the geosynchronous P4B project.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Paul, N8HM
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Michael <Mat_62 at charter.net> wrote:
>>>> Once again I feel the need to say that we have gone in the wrong
>>>> direction
>>>> by trying to convince everyone how easy a  "sat"  is to work with a
>>>> handheld
>>>> antenna. I got into satellite communication because of the technical
>>>> challenge involved, not by how "easy it was".
>>>>    This whole half or full duplex issue is a symptom of  "dumbing down"
>>>> There
>>>> should never be any question on it.  Full duplex should ALWAYS be used.
>>>> 73,
>>>> Michael, W4HIJ
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