[amsat-bb] AO-07 Popularity?

[Don KB2YSI]

The XW's and CAS-4'S are loud and easy to use, in my opinion. I have
managed varying levels of success with AO-7, it is my linear unicorn; as
AO-85 is my FM unicorn.

Even with the lower 48 mostly being in a XW/CAS-4 pass they can be full of
dead bandpass.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 12:39 Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> AO-7 also works best in a small sweet spot in its passband.  If you don't
> know that it can be frustrating to hear yourself all garbled.  All that
> said, I think most linears have relatively low use.  What is your
> experience in Australia with the XW satellites (which work absolutely
> great!)?
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 8:24 AM James Pierce via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > I’ve put out calls a number of times on AO-07 as it passes over Australia
> > and while I hear my own single back clearly I’ve never had a reply.  I
> > guess I’m curious if there is a calling protocol I’m missing, or a
> > particular part of the passband etc? As a higher altitude bird with great
> > coverage it would seems logical to me that it would be popular? Am I
> > missing something?
> >
> > James.
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