[amsat-bb] D72 to Falconsat-3 "User Phrases"

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi Tom!

FalconSat-3 takes a little more to set up on a D72, but it
is currently our only orbiting digipeater on 24/7. NO-84
is occasionally on, and maybe we can hope for its batteries
to be charged enough so a command station can turn the
digipeater on for Field Day weekend.

If you have some experience with exchanging messages through
a digipeater, packet may actually be the easiest way to get
a satellite QSO and the 100-point bonus under the ARRL rules.
For Field Day, I will put both my Field Day exchange (normally
1B AZ) and my grid in the messages. I have worked stations
on Field Day weekend who are only interested in grids, and I
am usually not in my home grid DM43 for Field Day.

Once you get your radio set up, go ahead and try it on some
passes before Field Day - the sooner, the better. :-) There
have been some stations on from California like AI6DO and
KB6LTY regularly, and KB6IGK is occasionally on from Texas.
I was on over the last weekend, from a hamfest on Friday
and at home Sunday. We can help get you going with some
QSOs in advance of Field Day.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:00 AM, Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Thank you Patrick and also to Rick for your responses. I am looking
> forward to giving this a try and have a successful cure sellable before
> field day. A lot of different concepts and procedures to absorb.
>
> 73
>
>