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Wow! These are fabulous questions! Lot’s of questions I’ve never heard! Great work HMS students and teachers!
So what’s the plan? The Orion is for azimuth for both sats and 6M, and you only use the elevation rotor for the satellite antenna? Can you separate them on a Spid?
Do you use “exothermic bonding” for the tower connections? I see clamps on the rod, but I can’t make out how they are connected to the tower.
Also, I have heard that woven ground straps are better than heavy wire. Any thoughts?
Turns out these tubes are called “rod tubes”. There is a rod within them that all the parts–grid, cathode, filament, plate–are mounted on so they can withstand the launch acceleration!
Ok, apparently my original post has disappeared into the great bit bucket. So let me summarize my hints. First, Chirp is open source and free. Not sure about RT Systems, but Chirp also supports a LOT of different radios. Here is a link to it: http://chirp.danplanet.com
As to using it, the trick is to download FROM your radio first. That will get all the non-memory stuff that Chirp supports. Then you import the CSV file which contains only memory stuff, and which overwrites the memory part of what you downloaded. Then upload back to your radio.
Do feel free to talk to me if you are having trouble.
73,
Burns WB1FJ
I just posted the equivalent file for Chirp in a new topic before I saw this topic. I’ll attach it here too. The other topic has some hints and kinks about using Chirp.
BTW, I also have a Baofeng cloning cable if anyone wants to borrow it. This is so you can copy one Baofeng to another (probably only the same model). I have not tried it, so it would be an experiment for all concerned.
Burns WB1FJ
What characteristics are you looking for in your new radio? Ability to mount semi-permanently in a car? More power?
One radio to look at is the Yaesu FT-817. It has many bands (probably out of the technician range, so be careful) and many modes, although it is only 5W. It’s a nice light small unit that runs on 12V, and is pretty flexible (I have one in my shack for working on satellites on the bench).
Of course 2m and 70cm are not generally going to be long distance anyway, but likely a good antenna is the first step in going further. And while I hate to sound like a broken record, satellites are also available on those bands.
73,
Burns WB1FJ