[amsat-bb] New M2 LEO Antenna System

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi Jim!

Don't worry about stealing the thread.

You're making my point, mentioning not only the radio/antenna setup but
the circumstances you have been able to work the ISS digipeater and FM
satellites that way. I saw the same thing last month when I worked
satellites, and especially the ISS, from Los Angeles. I'll probably see it
again next month, for another presentation out there. It is nice to work
satellites (and the ISS) from different locations, to get the experience of
how the passes are away from home.

Are you near Long Beach?

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/





On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Not to steal the thread, Patrick, but I've digipeated through the ISS
> numerous times using my TH-D7, and now my TH-D72, with a Diamond SRH77CA.
>
> Haven't done it in a while because it got "boring", but it can be easily
> done here on the Left Coast if you pick the pass so some of it is over the
> Pacific.
>
> It's also the only way I work (when I do) the FM satellites, as with half
> the footprint over the ocean, the uplink contention isn't as frustrating.