Gentlemen,
I was calling CQ Canada and CQ Alaska again during two AO-7. I had been doing it many many times.
Please visit
http://www.ha5mrc.hu/hamsat/satas.html
where you can see a screenshot of DK1TB's SatPC32 which shows very well how does AO-7 footprint buries almost the whole territory of Canada when the old bird is flying above Greenland and I can still hear myself.
Once upon a time a Canadian fellow answered my call but the question arises: Are the only one station in the whole country which uses AO-7 time to time?
As for the USA I met K3SZH twice.
At the beginning I always use CW and make Qs with those regulars like UA9CS, OH8MBN, 9A2EY, F2IL, RW9SL, UN7CY and Polish and other European stations as well.
Than I often switch to SSB to pick up G1WPR and I send endless CQs in SSB callnig Canada and DX.
Sometimes EA8 and similar stations call me back.
I wonder if more stations could be found from the American continent when AO-7 makes a QSO really easy -when there are active stations listening at the satellite.
gl de ha6nn Andras