[amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D

[Michael]

This is exactly the idea I intend to use. I've got and FT-991 and 
Funcube Dongle Pro. This will be a base station from indoors. I just 
have to iron out some kinks in my antennas.
73,
Michael W4HIJ

On 1/21/2016 1:34 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote:
> When I first made the move from FM to SSB satellites, I was using just 
> an FT-100D (predecessor to FT-857D.) While it is semi-duplex by 
> itself, as VE6WK suggested you can use it with a second receiver for 
> full-duplex. For several months, I experimented with an FT-857D as my 
> transmitter and FUNcube Dongle Pro+ as my receiver. It made for a very 
> nice "poor man's Flex" station.
>
> The easiest bird to work with a single FT-857D is probably FO-29. You 
> can setup on a fixed transmit/uplink frequency, and tune the downlink 
> to compensate for Doppler shift. I've made many contacts this way in a 
> pinch. My video for the FT-817 on YouTube can be carried out very 
> similarly using an FT-857D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vke3pWkKULU
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
> On 1/21/2016 11:55, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Anybody using a Yaesu FT 857D to work the SSB satellites? If so, what do
>> you think? Can you take it outside and use it with an Arrow antenna?
>>
>> Steve AI9IN
>>
>>
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