[amsat-bb] FM Satellite HT Night Proposal

[Douglas Tabor]

I really like Walters’ idea of having an HT only (or QRP) time for
an FM satellite.

Once a week or even month would be fine. I have special memories
of using my TH-D72 with a long whip getting into AO-91 and working
ZL3GAV (from RF73 to RE66) back in 2018. 

My thought is this non-QRO time would allow new-to-sat hams and those
testing portable equipment an opportunity to experience the wonder of
satellites without having to wedge themselves between other QSOs.

And to Walters’ final comment about operating with an HT and an Arrow
That was my experience for two years with ONLY SO-50 available and a
Yaesu FT-530 running 2.5 watts. The competition for SO-50 was intense
with other rovers and QRO stations.

Hector (congrats GridMaster #13) suggested I use a larger battery for
full 5 watts from the FT-530. This could be one of potential results
for an operator using this ’special’ time for HT-only FM sat usage.
 
73 and Dream On Walter. Great idea!

Doug, N6UA

Douglas Tabor
dtabor52 at gmail.com