[amsat-bb] Modulation levels on AO-85

Frank Westphal k6fw1 at verizon.net
Tue Aug 15 01:42:06 UTC 2017


My experience with LOTW and SAT QSO's is the frequency does matter.  I 
have had to fool my logging program to upload the uplink frequency to 
get a match on a rare occasion.  N5JB's guide to LOTW and satellite 
QSO's says 7 items must match to get a satellite verification in LOTW.  
Only 5 items need to match for a non-satellite QSO.

73,
Frank
K6FW

On 8/14/17 6:30 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> The convention in logging split band or mode QSOs is to use what band 
> or mode you're transmitting on.
>
> That said, LoTW doesn't care about the frequencies if the propagation 
> mode is set to 'SAT'
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Frank Westphal <k6fw1 at verizon.net 
> <mailto:k6fw1 at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     I use LOGIC 9 and it uploads the downlink frequency.  I enter both
>     uplink and downlink frequencies into the logging program LOCIC 9. 
>     I receive lots of matches and that seems to be the accepted
>     convention.  I know ARRL suggests uploading the uplink frequency
>     in their documentation.  LOGIC 9 does not follow that
>     recommendation and from my experience most other sat operators are
>     not either.
>
>     YMMV
>
>     73,
>     Frank
>     K6FW
>
>
>     On 8/14/17 10:27 AM, jerry.tuyls at telenet.be
>     <mailto:jerry.tuyls at telenet.be> wrote:
>
>         Spending some time here by telling several times on AO-85
>         passes about bad modulation to the same stations, but they
>         DON'T listen.
>
>         Just ignoring them, because i cannot understand them on my
>         TS-790/FT-847.No narrow FM and no PL tone. Never got a problem.
>
>         And please...why do some stations upload logs with DWNlink
>         freq on sat qso's instead of the UPlink freq?
>         Always having some rejected qsl's because qso's don't match
>         due to wrong band. I log with VQlog, uplink and dwnlink freq
>         etc, so i think the TX-freq is most important for logging
>         sat'qso's and not the RX-freq?
>
>         73's
>
>         Jerry,ON4CJQ
>
>
>
>
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>         Verzonden: Maandag 14 augustus 2017 02:33:37
>         Onderwerp: Re: [amsat-bb] Modulation levels on AO-85
>
>         "...food in the mic hole, etc."!!!  LOL!!!  - Bob K8BL
>                From: Matthew Stevens <matthew at mrstevens.net
>         <mailto:matthew at mrstevens.net>>
>           To: Joe <nss at mwt.net <mailto:nss at mwt.net>>
>         Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>           Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 7:25 PM
>           Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Modulation levels on AO-85
>             Like Jerry said, its more an issue with mic gain or poor
>         mic technique than anything else.
>
>         - Matthew nj4y
>
>         Sent from my iPad
>
>             On Aug 13, 2017, at 19:18, Joe <nss at mwt.net
>             <mailto:nss at mwt.net>> wrote:
>
>             Plus a LOT of people are running Narrow Modulation now.
>             Joe WB9SBD
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>                 On 8/13/2017 6:14 PM, Jerry Buxton wrote:
>                 5 kHz is the nominal "wide" setting for ham radio
>                 equipment on the
>                 VHF/UHF bands.  So a rig set to 5 kHz is what we all
>                 usually expect.
>                 5 kHz deviation with 3 kHz audio (the usual top for
>                 most voice) would be
>                 about 16 kHz bandwidth.  The deviation number alone is
>                 not equal to
>                 bandwidth.  ("Carson's Rule")
>                 Low audio is usually just that, not talking loud
>                 enough, not talking
>                 into the mic properly, mic gain setting too low, food
>                 in the mic hole, etc.
>
>                 Jerry Buxton, NØJY
>
>                     On 8/13/2017 17:55, Ronald G. Parsons wrote:
>                     I’ve noticed lately that many stations on AO-85
>                     have barely audible modulation. Yet other stations
>                     have clear audio with good quieting. I have heard
>                     the some manufacturers of hand-held and mobile
>                     rigs are setting their maximum deviation to 5 kHz
>                     or even less. I have noticed the same effect on
>                     local repeaters. Has anyone done any tests of the
>                     deviation required for reasonable quieting on
>                     AO-85? Or are more stations using lower power than
>                     in the past?
>
>                     Ron W5RKN
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