[amsat-bb] HF-HF satellite

[John Geiger]

A mode K satellite would be cool, but not many rigs can do full duplex on
Mode K. The FT847, TS2000 and Icom 9100 can't.  It would almost take 2 HF
rigs, or a Yaesu FTDX9000,

73 John AF5CC

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 4:55 AM, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net> wrote:

> first satellite station was a Swan 350 and a R3A receiver, commodore 64
> puter. That's all it took! I've come a very
> long way!
> 73 Bob W7LRD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
> To: "Joe" <nss at mwt.net>
> Cc: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 8:26:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HF-HF satellite
>
> 10m all modes receivers are cheap.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> > On May 26, 2016, at 11:09 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
> >
> > I would just miss the full duplex possibility mode "A" gives you.
> >
> > Joe WB9SBD
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> >> On 5/26/2016 9:20 PM, Greg D wrote:
> >> Got my vote for 15 up and 10 down. RS-12 was my second satellite (RS-10
> >> was the first).
> >>
> >> As noted, the entry to Ham radio is not via HF these days, but with no
> >> HEO sats, one can stretch the footprint pretty well with an HF bird,
> >> working it well below the horizon. That might attract more usage of the
> >> HF bands, and revitalize a lost mode of communication with some really
> >> bizarre propagation.
> >>
> >> Greg KO6TH
> >>
> >>
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