[amsat-bb] XW2 satellites

[Scott]

Eli,
Glad you are having good luck with the FM birds.  Hope to catch you on one of them.  The XW birds are all SSB linear transponders.  Your FM HT won't work for those.  You will need all mode tranceivers to work those.  

73.  Scott, KA7FVV
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Alternate Board of Director - AMSAT amsat.org
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> On Nov 7, 2018, at 18:08, Eli Caul <eli.caul at sonic.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks - 
> 
> I've had great luck on AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 using an FM HT and the Arrow antenna.   However, I've never been able to hear any of the XW satellites, and I'm seeing them as active on the AMSAT status page.    XW2-C just went by 500 miles away at decent elevation and not a peep.
> 
> I'm concerned that I'm reading the frequency chart wrong, or ? - Could someone please send me a sample setup for one of them so I can be sure I'm interpreting everything correctly? 
> 
> Any assistance much appreciated! 
> 
> 73 de KK6ZHZ, 
> 
> - Eli Caul
> Director of Customer Care
> Sonic.net, Inc.
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