On 5 Feb 2011 at 9:46, Phil wrote:
Date sent: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:46:19 +1000 From: Phil phillor@telstra.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ""you may as well use Skype..." To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:04:47 pm Luc Leblanc wrote:
I logged 762 QSO on AO-40 from 2001 to 2003 here is some of them:
VK4UBM VK3KOS VK3BVM
Logged, but not accurately perhaps. I made several contacts with you Luc via A0-40.
-- Regards, Phil (VK4BVM)
Hi Phil
I sometime logged my QSO live between radio/rotor/doppler adjustment and i cannot say my Lux LOG first version was 100% error free but i have to correct them when the card arrive as i can filter all VK'S and sorted them.
AO-40 was a wonder full experience with U/S and L/S mode i was just making my first L/S QSO the day before he goes silent signal was extremely strong as i used a 7.5' dish with a L patch feed for the uplink on L band. and a 2.4GHZ patch feed on the same dish my web site still show this antenna cannot convince myself to scrap them :(
For the record a rumour float around me and two other EU stations a DL and an i that we where involved in the satellite issues as we where using too much power and LEILA was not operating on the L uplink the day before AO-40 goes silent!!! if i remember correctly...
It was proven wrong afterwards as it was related to the batteries only.
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Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE