I’m still working on my 50th Anniversary AMSAT Satellite Friends of 50 Award, which requires me to make at least one satellite contact on each of 50 days. Being tied to orbital mechanics with my schedule is a challenge, and I’ve missed a bunch of days this year, but I’m up to 41 and counting.
Today I was looking forward to #42 on a beautiful overhead orbit of AO-92. As expected, signals came right up, and I tried to fit into the bedlam that is a FM satellite. No luck. OK, I figured, other stations are simply closer or running higher power. I’ll get my chance. Still no luck. I tried calling almost the entire pass with no luck. I figured my rig had died, so I was ruled that out as the pass was going on. Everything was fine on my end.
DOH! I forgot that AO-92 is usually in Mode L/V on the weekends. That’s something I doubt I’ll ever forget again. Only Mode U/V here.
Hi Bob, saw your post on AO-92 about L/v mode I did the same thing last weekend, I think they go to L/v on Sat afternoon till Sunday. Thanks for the contacts. 73
N1HMT Larry 73
Hey Larry, Nice to work you on AO-91 this afternoon. I need to check into that schedule for sure. But at least I ignored AO-92 earlier. 73, Bob
Bob:
Thanks for the QSO on Cas-4B on 3/29/2019. I’m starting to get back on the transponders rather than “repeaters”, the “SSB/CW rather than “FM”. I had trouble with doppler, I thought. Then I saw your post about AO-92 and the weekend. DAH!
My doppler file for SatPc32 had a “.” (period) instead of a “,” (comma) it for CAS-4B, putting the FT-847 in the wrong mode (LSB rather than USB) DAH!
Do you need my contact or grid square for one of your “wall paper” adventures ? If so, I’ll get you a QSL card or some other confirmation.
See you on the birds, again
Jim , Amsat 5512 (low number, old geezer0
Hey Jim, Very nice to bump into you on CAS-4B. Both those sats (4A/4B) are amazing, with strong downlinks and rare deep fades. The XW-2 sats have been fun too, but for some reason seem to rapidly fill up with digital noise of some sort. I long for a AMSAT NA linear bird! Getting all the stuff setup in SatPC32 is definitely non-trivial, but it sounds like you are working your way through it. Thanks again, no QSL required on this end. 73, Bob, WB4SON