06-May-2005 11:59PM (IST)
William Erhardt reports

Howdy to the Amsat India folks.

Congratulations on a sucessful depoyment of Hamsat.  I worked several stations around the U.S and Canada on the 1800z pass today and it sounds wonderful. Everyone complimented on the excellent audio and we all turned down our power according to your specs on 100 Watts ERP. I ran 3 watts FT-847 to Hygain 20/20 and was almost to much which shows it is an excellent receiver.

Cheers Bill Erhardt Helena, Montana K7MT AMSAT 33461

06-May-2005 11:58PM (IST)
NILANJAN MAJUMDAR reports

VU3ICC DE VU2HFR

I monitored Hamsat between 2116 - 2130 IST and again between 2254 -  2304 IST on 06.05.2005.
My equipment comprised of a FT-50RD H.T. and an Arrow 3el / 7el handheld antenna. Frequency monitored 145.900 MHz, Mode FM.

During the first pass at around 2120 IST I heard a station whose prefix started with 9? . Could not copy the callsign. Then heard VU2POP. His signals were good. Around 57. Tried to give him a call on 435.250 MHz FM. There was no response. This was a pass with Hamsat having a maximum elevation of 40 degrees at Calcutta. After hearing VU2POP, heard some faint stations, barely readable.

During the second pass which had a maximum elevation of 10 degrees at my end, heard some weak signals which were barely readable at around 2300 IST.

Didnot receive any signals on the beacon frequencies as most of the time I was monitoring 145.900 MHz.

I would be grateful if you could give some guidelines on FM operation  regarding the Uplink and Downlink frequencies, viz. power / antenna requirements and whether the beacon frequencies can be monitored using FM. Regarding Hamsat access can the same be accessed with the Arrow crossed yagi.

Did any station receive my call on 435.250 MHZ via Hamsat ?
Best 73's

Horey
Nilanjan Majumdar, VU2HFR
06.05.2005 / 2350IST