[amsat-bb] FM Birds

[george.carrii15]

The link that K8TL me tioned is a very valuable resource. I keep it on the screen all the time and refer to it for status and frequencies. WA5KBH


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-------- Original message --------From: "R.T.Liddy" <k8bl at ameritech.net> Date: 7/2/17  16:00  (GMT-06:00) To: Ryan Butler <rbutler at tsss.org>, Joe <nss at mwt.net> Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM Birds 
There are several links at the top of that page where
you can get additional info on numerous SATs. All you
have to do is click on them. This one, below, gives the
status of operable & otherwise.  -BL

http://www.amsat.org/status/




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From: Ryan Butler <rbutler at tsss.org>
To: Joe <nss at mwt.net> 
Cc: R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net>; amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 2, 2017 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM Birds



I count 6 on the page referenced above?

There were several more that are inoperable now.

Ryan, NF0T



On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:

Really? there is only 3 of them?
>I had the impression there were a LOT more than that.
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>Joe WB9SBD
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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-sate llite-frequency-summary/>
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>>*From:* Joe <nss at mwt.net>
>>*To:* amsat-bb <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.
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>>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.
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>>But I need a list of active FM birds that I can suggest to him to listen
>>for.
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>>Anyone?
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>>Joe WB9SBD
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