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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/2I7H5ABN4AXSNZT6WI5D4OP5SQNWYUSG/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "512E17862162421081E0F51865E5B68A@David", "message_id_hash": "2I7H5ABN4AXSNZT6WI5D4OP5SQNWYUSG", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/2I7H5ABN4AXSNZT6WI5D4OP5SQNWYUSG/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "david (a) cdwing.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "David Wing", "subject": "[amsat-bb] One year on the birds", "date": "2009-12-30T16:42:18Z", "parent": null, "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/UPD23SDXZEW6BJDOPHJY434HSEDQ2RMC/?format=api", "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/G6MHTR5NU2FMFVUOACAAQ75RHDLXUQBD/?format=api" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "My first contact on satellite was 29-Dec-08 via AO-51 and the QSO was\nappropriately with Clint Bradford, K6LCS. It is appropriate that it was\nwith Clint because Clint is the one that sparked my interest in working\nsatellites. I remember reading about amateur radio satellites in my\nTechnician exam preparation book where it was discussing the various forms\nof amateur radio. I also distinctly remember the impression that the author\nsaid working satellites was challenging and not easy to do. Along comes\nClint to do a demo at one of the PAPA System monthly breakfasts with his\nArrow II and an HT and showed just how easy it can be.\n\n \n\nAt that point I was intrigued enough to put an Arrow II on my Christmas wish\nlist and a few days after Christmas, I got myself on AO-51. I remember that\nfirst pass seemed very busy but Clint and I had pre-arranged to work it and\nhaving that successful contact fanned the fire. The next morning I got up\nearly and drove over to a local hill with no trees and buildings so that I\ncould work an early morning easterly pass of AO-51. I easily worked N9AMW,\nK8YSE and K9QHO and I would say that it was that pass that firmly implanted\nthe satellite bug because that day I started designing an easy to use log\nsheet to keep track of AOS, Max El, LOS, call signs, etc. \n\n \n\nTrying to hold the antenna, a clipboard/pen and radio while tracking AO-51\nin the sky, making QSOs and logging call signs, times and grid squares must\nhave looked pretty comical for the neighbors, but I never even noticed. I\nadded a clipboard lamp, a little digital clock and figured a way to mount\nthe antenna and radio on a tripod. This made things a lot easier but it was\nstill a chore to set up.plus now that I was not totally consumed in all I\nhad to do, I was noticing neighbors with raised eyebrows as I set-up in the\ndriveway.\n\n \n\n>From that early start I graduated to a gable-mounted G-5500 with my Arrow II\nand SatPC32.now I could operate from the comfort and privacy of my indoor\nshack (and yes, there have been many early morning passes worked while in a\nbathrobe). This past Thanksgiving I finally got a short rooftop tower with\nhigh gain antennas and polarity switches. What a world of difference!\nSO-50 is like a whole new satellite!\n\n \n\nAfter year 1, I have 1500+ QSOs, 130+ unique grid squares and I'm still\nhunting for my last five states. I've made several friends that I QSO with\nregularly, sometimes multiple times in a day. I've enjoyed working the new\nbirds SO-67 and HO-68, unusual modes like AO-51 SSB/FM and I'm working to\nget my S-Band set-up working and a couple of 70cm helix antennas built and\nput into use (thanks to Mike/K9QHO for the info and encouragement).\n\n \n\nHappy New Year to everyone and hope to work you on the birds sometime!\n\n \n\n73\n\nDavid\n\nK6CDW\n\n \n\n \n\n", "attachments": [] }