[amsat-bb] FL11 activations on the way.

[Pavel Milanes Costa]

Hi to all,

I'm Pavel CO7WT, I was off-air from quite long time, mainly because 
haven't radio for 70cm...

I'm glad to inform you that I have now a Wouxun KG-UV8E and it's capable 
of full duplex in U/V mode, that means all fox satellites!

This past weekend I made some attempts in AO-92 and reception in SO-50, 
that resulted in failure (can't hear my signal coming trough the bird, 
nor the 70cm downlink of SO-50)

I'm using a homebrew cross yagui with 3el in 2m and 7 el in 70cm... I 
have located and fixed the failure: a open condenser in the UHF part of 
the VHF/UHF (homebrewed) diplexer, almost two years of storage + 
used/rescued parts have consequences.

Sadly it was to late for Sunday noon passes, I made some test with my 
laptop and a RTL-SDR and the diplexer is working now, I have seen/heard 
some beacons from digi satellites in the 70cm band, but this night is 
raining, so no joy for today; AO-91 is passing NOW but heavy rain keep 
me inside.

I will be working as time permit on week days, mainly night passes 
beyond 1800 local (-4GMT) and weekends... be kind with me I'm rusted on 
sat operation...

cu on the birds!

PS: I have not yet figured the "record" part of the wiring, full duplex 
with a handy needs a headphone and mike to control, so I will be asking 
here for partial calls from time to time until I figure it out, ideas 
are welcomed.

73 CO7WT Pavel.