[amsat-bb] HF-HF satellite

[John Geiger]

Ranger is still making 10/12m all mode radios, and you can find plenty of
different ones at Truck Stops and places like www.copper.com.  Work fine on
10m and don't need the "extra tune up" to cover that band.

73 John AF5CC

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Mike Sprenger <mikesprenger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wow
>
> I remember going to AC4MY's shack and we used his FT-1000D for RS-12 in
> mode K.  Had to connect the sub RX to a separate antenna....that was the
> rig I was in awe of then.
>
> Many used 2 rigs for more K.  There was a great approach in the Amsat
> journal to use a rotary encoder to tune 2 rigs with one knob.  I almost
> finished mine to use with all the mono band all mode rigs. As you turned
> the encoder it would clock the up / down tuning buttons on the mic
> connector.  The 910h acquisition preempted that project.
>
> On RS10 RS12 and RS15 mode A, I used a TR-751 for 2m TX and a TS -450 for
> 10M RX from my truck and those terrestrial antennas provided contacts
> nicely.  (Pre-dates the Arrow or elk)
>
>  I would stop in a parking lot and tilt the 2M antenna horizontal to
> radiate overhead.
>
> That worked well !!!
>
> Going forward:
>
> If we had a preponderance of mode A or K  the second / other rig could
> easily be a Radio Shack HTX10 / 100 Ir similar unless those running
> terrestrial microwave transverters got all of them :)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> W4UOO
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 27, 2016, at 1:00 AM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >>> Sig
> >>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> >>> Idle Tyme
> >>> Idle-Tyme.com
> >>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> >>>> 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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