Both HTs receive, essentially, 108-to-a-gig. But the VX-6R adds ...

The VX-6R just adds a little to RX, and, of course, 1.5W on 220. But the FT-60 has a much better battery scenario ... BOTH the '60 and the '6 can be programmed in "split frequency" mode (about page

AO-85 is back!!! Per Paul Stoetzer, N8HM: "It seems to have woken up." Like AO-07, you just can't keep a good satellite down. TLE for AO-85 will be included in this week's AMSAT TLE distribution. For

Thank you everyone for the responses. I made my first verified QSO with WA2ZQX earlier working ISS and responded with his partial call as I didn't catch it all at first. He verified contact which I

Not to confuse the issue, but protocol in the US is not necessarily the same as other parts of the world. When I was operating in Asia (Korea), it was call sign and city, no grid. When I tried

They may have heard your grid and needed it but didn't hear your callsign, so they just said your grid. Next time if you hear just your grid, you might try immediately giving your callsign and grid

Thank you. So I was doing it correctly. I was just confused because some of the contacts just repeated my grid location without my callsign. Thanks for the response! 73, Tim, KW4TIM

Here's a typical contact: Me: N9KT EM69 Them: N9KT NA1SA FN10 Me: NA1SA QSL https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hKtjWjGtHK-5tc4_QkfOV5Lej9jsZcFC/view?usp=sharing -David, N9KT

Newly licensed and still learning technician class ham here and need assistance with the proper protocol to use when working the satellites. I have the equipment necessary with a Yaesu FT-5DR and Elk

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 07:38 AM, Max Becker wrote Here is what the web site says: The polarization planes can be set as desired with a suitable switch: circular (left or right rotating), horizontal

Max, The Wimo X-Quad antennas, 2 meter & 70 cm, as you get them are set up with two inputs, horizontal and vertical. However, they also sell premade phasing harnesses for each. with the phasing

Anyone have experience with the Wimo X-Quad antennas? Although they are cross elements, as I read the literature I'm guessing that these are not actually circularly polarized, but rather just

An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) April 11-13 on 145.800 MHz FM to celebrate Cosmonautics Day and Women in Space The event is slated to begin

I will also keep a look out for it. Thanks for the info. 73

Thanks for the heads up. I'll plan to have my gear configured. 73! Max

https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

Good reference - https://github.com/rfrht/FT-991A/wiki/Configuring-FT-991A-and-GPredict-for-ISS-and-Satellite-Tracking

Good catch! As with almost all amateur radio projects, they are experiments and other missions/projects might "bump" them ... Let's watch our sources and see what happens! Clint

Any word if the event on the 8th might be delayed? The first commercial flight to the ISS has been delayed until Friday. DA1VF/Floyd 73

April 7-8, 2022 ISS MAI-75 SSTV event - An MAI-75 SSTV event has been scheduled for this week. The transmissions will be at 145.800 MHz and the mode is expected to be PD-120. The event is