Hi John, LA2QAA
For distance record on AO-7 look also at
http://sv1bsx.50webs.com/oscardx/ao7-dx.html
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----- Original Message ----- From: "john hackett" la2qaa@hotmail.com To: hislens@gmail.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org; eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:52 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Distance records for LEO's.
Kevin,
My personal best on an LEO is Norway to Japan - (FO-20 in 1997).
Depending whether you classsify AO-7 as a LEO bird - (with an orbital height of 1400Km) - the current record there is 7500 - 7700Km, by several stations.
You may have been only interested in FM satellites, to9 which I have no idea.
Hope that helps somewhat.
73 John. la2qaa@amsat.org EU-Amsat founder/moderator.
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