[amsat-bb] Hamfest sat demos tomorrow 2018-03-31 on FO-29, AO-91, AO-92

[Paul Stoetzer]

Please don’t set up right in the middle of the passband. FO-29 has a 100
kHz wide passband, yet people all cram right into the center and talk over
each other.

Spread out!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 02:27 John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ken,
>
> I want to do it right in the middle of the pass band, so if my math is
> right, that would be 145.950 MHz.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 9:43 PM, Ken Alexander <k.alexander at rogers.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Tweet your FO-29 2m uplink freq before the event.  If people looking for
> you
> > transmit on that freq as well then their downlink should be very close to
> > yours.  It makes it easier to find you.  For example,  I usually Tweet
> that
> > I will transmit on 145.920.
> >
> > 73 and good luck tomorrow!
> >
> > Ken
> > VE3HLS
> >
> > Get organized with Yahoo Mail
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Mar 2018 at 18:29, John Brier
> > <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi friends,
> >
> > Philip Jenkins N4HF, and I will be representing AMSAT tomorrow at the
> > Raleigh Amateur Radio Society Hamfest (RARSfest). We will have a booth
> > with AMSAT merchandise and I will be doing satellite demos outside.
> >
> > I am planning on working these passes from grid square FM05:
> >
> > FO-29 @ 1220 UTC
> > AO-92 @ 1519 UTC
> > AO-91 @ 1648 UTC
> >
> > FO-29 is an experiment as I've only worked it once making two contacts
> > so far, but I plan to use my Portable Rotation Az/El rotator so I can
> > focus on tuning the frequency. I only committed to RARS, and they only
> > put on the schedule, the AO-91 and AO-92 passes, so if I can't get
> > things working for some reason on FO-29, it's no big deal, but I am
> > personally excited about the opportunity to make it work so would
> > appreciate any operators who will try to work me. I will probably try
> > to stay in the center of the passband to make it easy for me.
> >
> > One thing to mention is that in order for us to be easily
> > findable/seen by the attendees we will be doing the demos close to the
> > building the hamfest is inside, so for certain parts of the pass we
> > may not be able to get in at all as the bird is behind the building,
> > so hang in there if you don't hear us (really me) immediately.
> >
> > I will be using my callsign for the demos.
> >
> > I may send out updates on any additional passes I might try to do or
> > other changes on my Twitter account:
> >
> > https://twitter.com/SpaceComms1
> >
> > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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