Excellent! I still recall the pileups on AO-13 from the JA's and DL's when all I wanted to do was ragchew.
6 meter is my best bet and 2m/70cm from a vertical. So when you hear me the KP4TR/W4 will be from EL87 while plain KP4TR is from either FK68 or Fk78 (I forgot the other remote I have in Carolina PR in FK78). I hope i can keep my operations organized accordingly!
Btw KP4WK is in same situation since we are sharing the remote stations.
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On Apr 25, 2011, at 2:02 PM, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net wrote:
Hello Ramon!
I have around 74 countries worked from FK78 (puerto rico) via AO-13 and other modes but that stopped in 1998 when i moved to florida. I recently installed a remote control station in Ponce PR which is in FK68. I will be able to work 6 meters and some LEO. Ponce is around 50 miles southwest of my old QTH. Am i zero for VUCC as well?
If your new FK68 QTH is 50 miles from your FK78 location, you don't have to start over with a new VUCC. You would be within the 200km/124.2-mile limit in the VUCC rules for satellite or 6m through 1.2 GHz. You could add to whatever you had from FK78. That distance - 50 miles - is the limit for the WAS awards, and you can work from anywhere in Puerto Rico for DXCC.
Hope to hear you on the satellites. 73!
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