[amsat-bb] 15-10m satellite transponders to be launched

[Greg D]

More often I'd hear folks chatting simplex on 15 meters, but on the 10m
downlink.  Big surprise to them when I let them know what they were doing...

I didn't do much with RS-12/13.  I only had a multi-band dipole across
the peak of the roof, so the pattern was whatever the pattern was.  No
turning the house.  The good news was that neither band required Doppler
adjustment.  Bad news was that you were working half duplex, so there
was no way to know how well the bird was hearing you.  Of course, on HF,
with RF bouncing all over the place between the ionosphere and the
satellite itself, there was no telling where you'd end up.  Best of both
worlds.

Should be fun,

Greg  KO6TH


R.T.Liddy via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>  Back in the day, I operated a lot of Mode K on RS. That's 15M upand 10M down. It was CW at 100 W. I had a TriBander and aimedit in the general direction of the Satellite and making contacts wasquite easy. It was often funny in those days when 15M was open andyou could hear the other stations on both 15M direct and on the 10Mdownlink. HIHI
> 73,   Bob  K8BL