[amsat-bb] Anyone on EO-88?

[Bob Hammond]

What equipment do I need to work the linear sats as a portable station?
I'm a recycled sat operator with FM gear for portable ops.

Bob
W7OTJ

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 5:13 AM Lapo Pieri via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>  07:08 Fri 19 Jul 19  , Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > What I can't understand is that people continue to shame other hams for
> not
> > operating on the linears.
>
> It's not shame, at all!
>
> > Having only just recently obtained the
> > equipment necessary to work the linears (and then, only at the shack, my
> > equipment is not portable in any way), I can say that it was not cheap
> nor
> > easy to do.    Working the FM birds is both far cheaper and easier, for
> > sure.
>
> But they give less satisfation, imho. Please see my other reply on
> this thread.
>
> > Those that are stuck on the FM birds are likely not doing it by choice.
>
> Yes, I've tried FM birds but I'll seldom use them again
>
> Have a good time
>
> 73, Lapo IK5NAX
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