Hello Everybody.
I was very happy for this incredible QSO with Hector CO6CBF. Thanks Hector for the precision of your calculation and yours instructions for frequency and time of schedule.
I used my Icom IC-910 without preamplifier, with around 80w, and the antennas was a 11 elements on 2 m and 19 elements on 70 cm, at 6 or 7 m high on my roof. Fortunately the relief around me is very flat, about 50 km that separate me from the Atlantic Ocean.
I am interested buy any others propositions of sked for DX QSO on AO-07B or FO-29.
Thank you very much Hector for this very exciting experience !
73 qro from Michel F6GLJ
-----Message d'origine----- De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Hector, CO6CBF Envoyé : lundi 21 juillet 2014 03:37 À : [email protected] Objet : [amsat-bb] An exciting afternoon on the birds!!!
Hello to all!
It was an exciting afternoon on the birds! First, I worked Patrick, WD9EWK on SO-50 in a new grid for me (FN56). Patrick, thanks very much for the great QSO and new grid!
Then, I had my first contact on satellites with France. Michael, F6GLJ in IN94qs and I completed a great QSO on FO-29. We had a maxim elevation of 0.5 degree at our ends. I believe it is the first contact between Cuba and France on FO-29! It is a 7508 Km contact!
Our first attempt was on July 18 but Michael was not able to get a solid copy of my signal. Fortunately, FO-29 offered us another opportunity, we made a schedule again and I decided to use the ELK antenna instead of the ARROW which I used in the first attempt.
I was operating portable from a tall building (45m over the ground), I had a great horizon visibility. I was running half - duplex with my FT-817nd, a homebrew 50W power amplifier and a homebrew preamplifier. Everything was supplied by a 12V 7A gel battery.
Michael, thanks very much for the great contact, new grid and new country!
73!
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