In 1979 I worked SIERRA Leone on OSCAR 7 B Mode. Tracking was 10 mins after my window according to my OSCARLATOR. I actually skipped into AO 7 with band enhancements. At the time I received phone calls from several New England hams about the QSO. It is not all about the HORIZON.
If there is some way you can look up the old pass you can see that was way out of the window from Virginia Beach, VA back then. My call sign then was WA4BUE.
Has anyone else experienced enhanced propagation on the birds???
9L1NP West Africa Norman Price 28 February 1978 2232 GMT 432 / 145 Orbit: 15049 B
I can scan the QSL if anyone wants to see it.
God Bless
Rich W4BUE
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stoetzer Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 5:45 PM To: n1jez@burlingtontelecom.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats
No roof access at my building, but I do have friends with common roof areas and great views northeast. I need to line up a couple of skeds on a low AO-7 pass and go over there!
Or move to an apartment on the north side of my building!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Mike Seguin n1jez@burlingtontelecom.net wrote:
Paul,
We need to get you a better shot to the E-NE. In the last two weeks, worked 2 OM's and EW on AO-7 from FN34.
Mike
On 2/29/2016 4:03 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Theoretically, it is certainly possible for the eastern United States and most of Europe. There are around 130 DXCCs within AO-7's footprint of approximately 7,900 km. DXCC was done a few times solely on LEO in the late 1970s and early 1980s with AO-6, AO-7, and the early RS satellites.
However, most of those have no satellite activity. I have worked 54 DXCCs myself, but only 24 of 50 in North America plus 22 in Europe, 6 in South America, and 2 in Africa.
The issue is getting activity in many of these other entities! If you know of anyone in or going to any of these places, please get them on the air!
See the following breakdown (just an estimate, there are likely small portions of other entities in the footprint as well)
Worked:
North America (24) 4U CO FG FJ FM FP FS HH J3 J6 J7 J8 K KL KP1 KP2 KP4 PJ5 TG VE VP2M VP2V XE ZF
South America (6) 9Y FY HC HK PY YV
Africa (2) CT3 EA8
Europe (22) CT CU DL EA EI F G GI GJ GM GW I LA LX OH ON OY OZ PA SM SP TF
Not worked, but within footprint:
North America (26) 6Y 8P C6 CY0 CY9 FO0 HI HK0 HP HR KG4 KP5 OX PJ7 TI TI9 V2 V3 V4 VP2E VP5 VP9 XF4 YN YS YV0
Africa (14) 3V 3X 5A 5T 5U 6W 7X C5 CN D4 EA9 EL J5 S0
Oceania (1) KH6
Asia (1) UA9
Europe (19) C3 EA6 ES GD GU HB I JW JX LY OH0 OJ0 OK OM TK UA UA2 YL ZB
South America (12) 8R CE CP HC8 HK0 OA P4 PJ2 PJ4 PY0F PY0P PZ
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Rupert Hamblin rupert.hamblin@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I was interested to read the ARRL article on KO4MA receiving the DXCC award worked on satellites, which got me thinking. So here's my question...
Taking into account today's available / workable amateur satellites - is it possible for an operator based in the UK/Europe or US, to work 100 different countries via satellite..? (Obviously taking into account the station setup..)
Thanks for your feedback !
Cheers
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73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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