[SMCARA] Experiment du jour

[A.J. Farmer]

Hi Tom,

Satellites are a lot of fun to work.  I wrote a bit up on my website here:

http://www.aj3u.com/amateur-satellites/

Enjoy!

A.J.

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Tom Shelton <gl1800winger at verizon.net> wrote:
> Good Morning All...
>
> Just tried to make my first Satellite contact on AO-51.  http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/index.php
>
> I picked this one for my first SAT-QSO as it is set up like our terrestrial repeaters and uses FM - I also read that it can be worked with a hand-held and a rubber duck (though not very well).
>
> I was able to hear the satellite as it made its pass - lots of folks talking, but never got a really good signal level from it - just barely enough to understand what they were saying with the squelch turned off.  The next good pass of this one is at 21:45 UTC.   Satellite VO-52 http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=2&retURL=/satellites/status.php has a good pass at 14:39 UTC, so I might try that one.  I'm surprised at the number of Amateur Satellites available, so checking them all out and hoping to work at least one of them today.
>
> Tom Shelton, AB3IC
>
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