[amsat-bb] FM Birds

[Joe]

according to that 3 of the 6 are not even launched yet.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 7/2/2017 3:50 PM, Ryan Butler wrote:
> I count 6 on the page referenced above?
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> There were several more that are inoperable now.
>
> Ryan, NF0T
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> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net <mailto:nss at mwt.net>> 
> wrote:
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>     Really? there is only 3 of them?
>     I had the impression there were a LOT more than that.
>
>     Joe WB9SBD
>     Sig
>     The Original Rolling Ball Clock
>     Idle Tyme
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>     On 7/2/2017 10:46 AM, R.T.Liddy wrote:
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>         Joe....  See below.   73,  Bob K8BL
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>         FM Satellite Frequency Summary – AMSAT-NA
>         <https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/
>         <https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/>>
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>             FM Satellite Frequency Summary – AMSAT-NA
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>         <https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/
>         <https://www.amsat.org/fm-satellite-frequency-summary/>>
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>         *From:* Joe <nss at mwt.net <mailto:nss at mwt.net>>
>         *To:* amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>>
>         *Sent:* Sunday, July 2, 2017 10:48 AM
>         *Subject:* [amsat-bb] FM Birds
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>
>         As someone myself not into the FM Birds, I really have not
>         paid any
>         attention to what is out there FM bird wise.
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>         But this past Field Day we had this 14 year old kid stop in at
>         our Field
>         Day site.
>         He's newly licensed Tech, ( January got his ticket ), He sat
>         down in
>         front of the HF radio and listened for ohh ten minutes or so,
>         we then
>         offered him a chance to run the logger.
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>         And he did Great! We were running a Freq on 15 meters at the
>         moment, and
>         then asked him if he would want to try getting on the radio,
>         and he said
>         sure.
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>         We explained the exchange and QSO pattern of what to say and
>         when and
>         all that.
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>         And said go for it!
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>         He was Incredible! Almost from the start he was Running the
>         Freq like a
>         veteran pro!  The off freq SSB sigs never even fazed him at
>         all. Even
>         pileups he handled perfectly. I was very impressed. For
>         someone that has
>         never been on HF or even heard it before, it was like he was
>         doing this
>         for decades!
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>         He would "QRZed Field Day" And he'd grab a call out of the
>         pile, never
>         write it down or anything and go back to them with the
>         exchange and all
>         that. Monitoring the QSO rate meter, he for the two hours he
>         played, he
>         was running an average 90 QSO's a hour rate! Incredible for
>         someone that
>         has never ever been on HF ever before!
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>         After he got off I talked to him a bunch and learned that he
>         got his
>         license because he read someplace about Amateur Radio and how
>         we can
>         talk through  Satellites all our own.
>
>         Right now all he has is a Baeofeng BF-F8HP, so not much of a
>         Sat radio
>         there,, BUT....  I want to give him a list of FM birds to at least
>         listen for, and Elmer him into some of the prediction
>         software's and or
>         web pages.
>
>         But I need a list of active FM birds that I can suggest to him
>         to listen
>         for.
>
>         Anyone?
>
>         Joe WB9SBD
>         -- 
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