On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Mark L. Hammond [email protected] wrote:
There is much to celebrate with the successful launch and early commissioning of the XW-1 satellite! Congratulations to Alan, Michael, and the entire team---from construction, to launch, to commissioning. Your hard work is evident and appreciated by ham operators around the world.
I had the priviledg of working N3TL on that first linear transponder US pass, and the bird performed and sounded wonderful! (thanks, Tim :) )
I hope to be around to attempt the PBBS when it becomes active over the US tody as well.
Best 73 to the XW-1/Hope-1 team!
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I wish the XW-1 team could have listened in on that first pass: it was full of voices marveling at how low the bird was on the horizon while they were continuing their conversations! For me, a simple 1/4 wave vertical with preamp took me all the way to 0 degrees azimuth.
73, Bruce