Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
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Cool ! Which Brandywine repeater , there's two , " downtown " Brandywine , and close to Dogpatch .
147.1500Cool ! Which Brandywine repeater , there's two , " downtown " Brandywine , and close to Dogpatch .
Face is in place, main unit mounted, wires ran, power is done....just need the antenna and mount to arrive., Then snake those in place....and then maybe a speaker...since the main unit is in the rear...
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Face is in place, main unit mounted, wires ran, power is done....just need the antenna and mount to arrive.
Thank you. I have an app that tracks it too...I will mark the calendar for the next circuit.If you weren't listening earlier this evening you missed the last chance to hit the ISS repeater in the evening until June9. June 12 will have a 60° azimuth pass, much better than the low angle passes.
You can easily listen to it sending signal back down from hams transmitting to it in the visual area. Best with a yagi, with a pass this high, a regular hand held will usually receive the downlink signals. Downlink is 437.800. Don't forget to hold HT antenna in the correct plane to receive. There is often some doppler shift to the signal, 437.800 is perfect when its directly overhead. 437.850 or so may be better when its approaching/rising and 437.750~ when its leaving/decending back to the horizon.
Always fun to listen even if you can't hit the repeater.
Tracking on https://www.heavens-above.com
Saw this auction with a lot of radio equipment and thought you all might like to take a look.... https://hibid.com/catalog/283538/lawton-estate-mount-airy/?g=all-categories&ipp=10
I filled out another ARRL First Contact Award for a new ham today. FCC is up to the KC3Sxx license number group now.
Good to know. I opted for a name brand as opposed to the cheapest I found. The mag mount would be so much easier...but the new jeeps have nothing magnetic...even the rear tailgate is a magnesium compound....aluminum everywhere else...i think I got the height just right...over the top, but not too tall to whack things...
Good stuff. Just watched it. I brought my baofeng with me to TN....sadly, it's range is lacking, even with a mag antenna on the roof of the cabin we are renting..I have been able to chat using echolink on my phone though....but to me, it just isn't the same...there are massive amounts of repeaters in TN though...lots of active users down here....wish I had hooked up the yaesu in the wife's truck.I watch his videos for radios I don't care for just for the entertainment value. I dig his kind of humor.