[amsat-bb] Anyone on EO-88?

[Brian L. Threlkeld]

Im a new satellite OP and quickly progressed from the FM to linear... While
I found FM easy in the technical aspect like mentioned before it can vary
in difficulty depending on the number and skill of operators on the each
pass...Linear like mentioned is much more relaxed but very much more
technically challenging ... I started off trying full manual control and
have progressed to partial CAT control (using portable station consisting
of Ft-818 x 2) . Anyway one thing I have found is that satellite operators
are a very friendly and helpful segment of the hobby... for that I am
grateful ...

VRY 73 DE KQ4MM

Brian


On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 7:08 AM Mark D. Johns via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> If my remarks came across as “shaming,” I apologize. They were intended as
> encouragement. Yes, FM is cheap and easy, but the level of operator skill
> necessary to get QSOs on a crowded channel is daunting. The skills
> necessary to put together a linear station are more on the technical side.
> That’s a challenge, but it can be fun to get there.
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 06:09 Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > What I can't understand is that people continue to shame other hams for
> not
> > operating on the linears.    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.
> >
> > Those that are stuck on the FM birds are likely not doing it by choice.
> >  It's all they have.  Please keep that in mind.
> >
> > --Roy
> > K3RLD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > EO-88 is in a low inclination orbit and so stays close to the equator.
> > Many
> > > of us in the northern part of the continental U.S. and Canada cannot
> > access
> > > it because it never passes far enough north for us to be in the
> > footprint.
> > > That said, it can sometimes be lonely on linear satellites on passes
> that
> > > cover much of the continental U.S. I can’t understand why people would
> > > prefer to step all over one another on a single channel FM bird rather
> > than
> > > spread out on a nice passband. Yes, the linears require a bit more
> > effort,
> > > technical skill, and possibly a
> > > bit more of a monetary investment. But by finding some bargains on used
> > > gear and learning a bit more about how things work, they are well
> within
> > > reach of the average ham.
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