[amsat-bb] L band gear

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi Bob!

Nice to hear you last night!

When you worked me last night, my L-band setup was an old
Kenwood TM-541A 1.2 GHz FM mobile radio and a 10-element
Yagi I bought from an eBay seller. I usually run 10 watts
from this radio, which compensates for the coarse (10 kHz)
tuning steps. AO-92's AFC does a good job at picking me up,
even when my uplink frequency is a bit off what AO-92 is
expecting. The 10-element Yagi was strapped onto the handle
for my Elk log periodic.

When I started working AO-92 L/V, I used an Alinco DJ-G7T HT
with a 5-element Yagi on the HT's antenna connector. Later, I
used that 10-element Yagi with the DJ-G7T, and I could work
AO-92 at either 1W or (sometimes) 300mW. The DJ-G7T tunes in
5 kHz steps, which helps the lower transmitter power output
compared to the TM-541A.

For all of my AO-92 L/V activity, I use a TH-D74 and Elk on
the 2m downlink. I record the downlink with the HT. AO-92
is easy to hear, as long as it clears the trees and my
neighbors' houses when I operate from home.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:54 PM 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi all-  I would be curious to know what "everyone" is using for L band
> gear.  Perhaps others would like to know.  example I run
> IC-910- at 10W
> 70 feet of LMR600
> 24 element looper yagi horizontal polarized
>
>