Category Archives: RS-44

Pre-Field Day IC-9700 Calibration

Posted on June 23, 2025 by robert

Its that time of year again, when I do pass predictions for all active satellites prior to Field Day for my club in Portsmouth RI.  In addition, it is important to confirm that my rig is properly calibrated (uplink offset … Continue reading →

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Usual workup for WFD Satellites

Posted on January 21, 2025 by robert

Winter Field Day is this coming weekend, and it offers a total of SIX multipliers for making at least one CW/SSB and one FM satellite contact.  In addition another ONE multiplier can be achieved by sending/receiving a message via WinLink … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready For Field Day Satellite

Posted on June 7, 2024 by robert

I haven’t made a satellite contact in a few years as another club member was nice enough to step up.  However, he had to back out this year, and I was left flat footed when everyone else took a step … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for SAT Field Day

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Bob Beatty

For a variety of reasons, I’ve been off the satellites since last year.  With Field Day back on, one of my jobs is to make a Satellite contact for the Newport County Radio Club, NE1RI.  That means dusting off the … Continue reading →

Posted in AMSAT, CAS-4A, CAS-4B, ISS, RS-44, Satellite, SO-50, XW-2A, XW-2B, XW-2F | Tagged | 2 Comments

Success with RS-44

Posted on May 23, 2020 by robert

I had a chance to get my Satellite rig on the air and added in information for HuskySat-1 and RS-44.  Never heard HuskySat, but during a pass around 23:45Z, I worked KS1G on CW, and N3CAL, W4ZXT + W5CBF on … Continue reading →

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