[amsat-bb] AO-7 Mode A

[Søren Straarup]

Hi all,

I yet have to work someone other than N4UFO on mode A, usually when the
bird gets flipped there are no-one on mode A. Therefore I don't always
setup for mode A.

I usually work trunk mobile.

Vy 73 de AK4WQ/OZ2DAK, Soren Straarup

On Jun 12, 2017 13:09, "Zach Metzinger" <zmetzing at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 06:26:38PM -0500, Joe wrote:
> > I just played with it some when the Mode "A" was predictable a few
> > months ago. And from what I remember in like 1976 it seemed a LOT
> > stronger back then. Nothing special a 10 meter dipole and Drake TR-4 for
> > the receiver back then.
>
> I was able to pick up yesterday's pass at about 2:15pm CDT driving south
> along I-35 in central OK. This was a Mode A pass, as I could distinctively
> hear the FM-ing of CW signals around 29.450, but I was not able to pick out
> the telemetry beacon at 29.502. My code skills are rusty, so I didn't catch
> the station's call.
>
> Rig is IC-706MKIIG with AH-4 matching a 98" whip mounted on the back hitch.
> Preamp was on.
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
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