[HamSat] some info please

[larry fields,n6hpx/du1 manila]

   I forget which article it was but heard of one guy
who worked AO-27 I believe with a hand held and used
one of those expendable duckies. I have several types
of hand held antennas and try every once in awhile to
listen in on the birds but since AO-27 and UO-14 went
off line Its been rather difficult. I travel alot and
so far have only been able to sneak a dual
bander/tri-bander into my bags.

   Larry Fields,n6hpx/du1
--- Timothy Pickett <timp at speednetllc.com> wrote:

> Hi Elan,
> 
> Working satellites can be as easy as a HT with a
> handheld beam antenna
> pointed up at the satellite, or it can be big
> antenna arrays to work the
> harder farer out satellites. It all depends on how
> much you are willing to
> do to work satellites. Alot of people will start out
> slow trying to access
> the FM birds using there FM rigs they already have
> with a omni vertical,
> then move up from there.
> 
> As for radio I currently have a Yaesu FT-847, and a
> Kenwood TS-790 for
> satellite use. The 790 has always been a great rig
> for satellites, but it's
> a triband rig, it covers 2m, 70cm, and 1.2 gig all
> mode. So, I decided to
> purchase the 847 to cover HF, and other bands. It
> also works great for
> satellite. The 847 comes right out of the box ready
> for 9600 bps for working
> the 9600 digital satellites. The 790 is a older rig,
> and I had to make a
> simple mod to it for 9600 bps. I can't help too much
> with the TS2000 as I
> don't own one. But I have heard that it doesn't
> support pl tones in sat
> mode, which makes it a bit harder to access pl
> birds. You must setup the
> TS2000 in a split mode to get the pl to work. The
> 736 is a great satellite
> rig also but like the 790 it is a older rig. I hope
> I helped a bit in the
> are of sat radios.
> 
> As for AO-40, it is currently not working. Ground
> controllers are currently
> trying to recover the bird, but you never know.
> 
> 73 de Tim KG8OC
> Michigan AMSAT Area Coordinator
> Owner of Hamsat, Pacsat, and R-C Mailing Lists
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <G0uut at aol.com>
> To: <hamsat at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:51 AM
> Subject: [HamSat] some info please
> 
> 
> > hello
> > i am new to the  sat so i like to ask this is any
> one out there can let me
> > know what antenna set up i will need in order to
> work simple [i don't know
> about
> > ao40 but some one
> > said to me it is not easy to work] any picture of
> the antenna system,
> > how high it need to be and so
> > 2nd what radio people use the kenwood ts 2000 or
> ft 847 or ft 736
> > it will be nice to have this info so i can do some
> planing.
> > is any one in Germany or Uk can let me know who
> will sell the antenna
> system
> > please
> > thank you very much.
> > P.S
> > what freq i can hear with the kenwood TH-D7E the
> sat if any ?
> >
> > vy 73
> > cheers for now
> > Elan G0UUT
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