Good morning Drew. I was invited by Bud to cover the satellite com's on his yearly Dx-Peditions he does every year just before Orlando hamfest time. As I'm in the middle of building a new house that is getting seriously behind schedule I won't be able to make the trip to the Orlando hamfest or join the DX-Pedition this year. I made Bud aware that he could borrow whatever he needs from me, and I also told him about the available AMSAT loaner equipment.
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@mindspring.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 23:00 PM To: Jeff KB2M Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Was: Buddipole Dx-pedtion, Now: AMSAT loaner gear available
Jeff KB2M wrote:
My good friend Bud w3ff of Buddipole fame is operating for a week with a group of friends from J6 St Lucia. He wanted me to pass along to us sat
ops
that the group will also be operating on the FM birds on a limited
schedule
starting soon. If I get more information on any kind of a schedule I will pass it along. Bud said that they brought along an arrow antenna.
73 Jeff kb2m
I hope to work them! If anyone hears them, or more information becomes available, please post it here!
As a reminder, AMSAT has two Arrow antennas, and a TH-D7 available for loan to any member going on a DXpedition, or grid trip. This is the same gear used to activate K5D last year about this time. The D7 is programmed with Alpha-Memory tags for the FM satellites and has both rechargeable and AA battery packs, and is very simple to use. Contact me if you have a need to use it.
73, Drew KO4MA