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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/2R337A2EU7THRVIMV44V5OQIBAKRK3VG/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "2R337A2EU7THRVIMV44V5OQIBAKRK3VG", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/2R337A2EU7THRVIMV44V5OQIBAKRK3VG/", "sender": { "address": "k.alexander (a) rogers.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Ken Alexander", "subject": "[amsat-bb] My Rookie Expedition to GN05/06", "date": "2016-05-25T01:52:19Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "What a thrill it was to make my first ever contacts via satellite this \npast weekend! This is something I've wanted to do since first hearing \nthe 10m downlink from OSCARs 6 and 7 on my HW-101 when I got my license \nin 1974. It only took me 42 years to finally do it (that's about \naverage for me!).\n\nI'm a mediumwave DXer and once or twice a year a few of my friends and I \nhead to the east coast to listen for trans-Atlantic DX on the AM \nbroadcast band. Conditions are spectacular from the coast; this past \nweekend we heard multiple AM stations from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay \nand throughout Europe. We use an SDR receiver, which allows us to \nrecord every station on the entire mediumwave band simultaneously to a \nhard disk on a notebook computer. We do that several times an evening. \nAfterwards, we can play back the recordings and \"tune\" through the band, \nuse filters and other aids just as if we were listening live. It \nliterally takes weeks to go through all the recordings.\n\nAnyway, I am also a sometimes VHF contester and when I had a look at the \ngrid we would be in, and the ones nearby, I knew it was time to get \ngeared up and try and make a small contribution. I received many \ngenerous offers of assistance when I posted my message to this reflector \nlast week. I'm grateful for all of them; most notably from Drew \nGlasbrenner, KO4MA and Patrick Stoddard , WD9EWK. Patrick walked me \nthrough the critical setup of my TH-D72A, which was only 3 days old when \nwe left for Nova Scotia. Patrick was only an e-mail away for the rest \nof the weekend, offering valuable advice. Without him there would have \nbeen no expedition.\n\nI think I already mentioned how much time I spent calling on the \ndownlink frequency. That was finally overcome sometime on Sunday \nmorning. My technique improved to the point where I could use the tip \nof the 70cm reflector to hit the VFO A/B button on the radio instead of \nputting the antenna down to use my fingers. I went from zero QSOs on \nSaturday, to two on Sunday to nine QSOs on Monday! Logs follow:\n\n2016-05-22 1324 UTC W1PA FN42 SO-50 from GN05 Satellite QSO #1!!\n2016-05-22 1505 UTC KI4RO EM88 SO-50 from GN06\n2016-05-23 0521 UTC N8HM FM18 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 0522 UTC N4UFO EM95 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1210 UTC VY2HF FN86 SO-50 from GN06\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC N1AIA FN43 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC WN9Q EN64 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC KD8ATF FM09 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC KC1EXK FN41 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC W1PA FN42 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC VY2HF FN86 SO-50 from GN05\n2016-05-23 1349 UTC NS3L Only partial information received\n\nMy home grid is FN03. I think that must be pretty common by now, but \nthere are many that I suspect aren't so common that are only a few hours \naway. After my first taste of satellite work I can tell you that you \nwill hopefully be hearing a lot more from VE3HLS!\n\nThanks to all of you for your encouragement and patience!\n\n73,\n\nKen Alexander\nVE3HLS\n\n\n", "attachments": [] }