Hello Everyone, Clare, I certainly do miss AO-40, along with AO-13, and AO-10 :( Thanks for all the QSO's, & QSL's! Many friends were made via satellite! Has anything been heard from AO-10 lately? I knew it went into sleep mode for a long rest, but it would just show up again without notice. My satellite antennas are down, and I can't listen for it :( Floyd, AO-40 was used by many during it's short life. I have at least 50 DXCC confirmed from AO-40 QSO's! I just wonder what it would have been like, since more DX Peditions were inclined to take along a small dish and yagi, and be able to work DX via satellite. Mike, I remember the AO-40 - 24 GHz QSO's from the parking lot of Dayton Hamvention, they were a blast! Thank You for the 10 GHz terrestrial QSO last Summer too! I hope we can break a record on 24 GHz this summer! Please e-mail me when the time gets closer. Clare, it was very nice to see the calls you mentioned in your post. I often wonder about many of the operators that we worked. I hope they are all well.
73 de KB8VAO, Steve
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From: n1jez@burlingtontelecom.net Sent: Feb 4, 2011 7:16 AM To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts
Those were fun days Clare!
My most challenging contacts were made using K band (24 GHz down). First contact was on 4/20/2002 with Jerry, K5OE.
http://www.burlingtontelecom.net/~n1jez@burlingtontelecom.net/index.html
I think the only mode I never got to try was 2.4 GHz up. I have the transverter sitting here in my shack, but AO-40 went bang before I got to use it. The plan was S/k.
73, Mike, N1JEZ AMSAT 29649 "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Fowler" clarefowler@rogers.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts
I made over 1300 contacts on AO-40 during its 2 3/4 years of operation.
The first QSO was on 05/05/01 at 08:17 with Mike N1JEZ on U/S then at 08:39 worked Dom I8CVS, at 08:52 Fred CU8AO, and at 09:03 Frank DL6DBN.
I then fired up my FT-736R on 1.2 GHz and at 09:44 worked Steve KB8VAO with both of us making our 1st L/S QSO on AO-40 and then at 09:55 worked Mike N1JEZ for his first L/S contact.
On the 25th and 26th of Jan 2003 an AO-40 QSO party was held. 30 logs were submitted from 14 countries. I made 107 QSO's with 19 DXCC countries.
My last contact was on 28/01/04 at 20:39 with DG4DW. My next log entry was at 29/01/04 at 01:35 with Jerry W0SAT and my log note is "we talked about AO-40 gone"
In spite of the fact AO-40 had major problems and never operated near it's original design I think it was a very successful amateur satellite.
Bob (W7LRD); I guess all we can do now is remember the good old days and cry on each others shoulders. SOB SOB
Clare VE3NPC
----- Original Message ----- From: "Floyd Rodgers" kc5qbc@swbell.net Subject: [amsat-bb] AO40 contacts
Did anyone manage to bag any contacts off A040 before it's sad event?
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