Drew KO4MA wrote:
I was on one AO-51 pass from near Talkeetna(sp?) on Thursday afternoon, with only a few other stations on.
Sorry i missed you yesterday afternoon; we already had plans. There were several stations out there on a couple of the morning passes i worked on Thursday (including a Canadian station i haven't heard on in quite awhile).
I'll be at the BBQ kicking off the hamfesttomorrow evening, and will try to be on the air, but I'll tell ya...the mountains are making the low parts of the passes very difficult.
Agreed! I have the same problem working passes from the Sierra Nevada and i don't expect most Alaskans to make low elevation passes (thus choose my passes accordingly). Here are some predictions for today. I'm only setup for mode J-FM at the moment, but others may found linear transponder passes useful, and AO-27 is not included. (Even with the updated schedule, AO-27 seems to go to telemetry before it even rises as far north as BP54.)
73's and best of luck!
-- KD6PAG (Networking Old-Timer, Satellite QRPer)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common passes of AO-7, SO-50, AO-51 and VO-52 for Anchorage and Santa Rosa, CA
Fri 01Aug08 15:02:33 15:09:55 15:17:21 00:14:49 293 18 109 74.4* Anchorage Fri 01Aug08 15:10:56 15:17:47 15:24:34 00:13:38 338 48 118 26.1 Santa Rosa SO-50 15:10:56 15:17:21 6.4 min overlap (Fri 15:02 UTC/08:10 PDT)
Fri 01Aug08 16:43:25 16:50:39 16:57:54 00:14:29 302 224 145 50.0* Anchorage Fri 01Aug08 16:51:36 16:58:39 17:05:38 00:14:02 321 246 169 40.4* Santa Rosa SO-50 16:51:36 16:57:54 6.3 min overlap (Fri 16:43 UTC/09:51 PDT)
Fri 01Aug08 16:46:34 16:53:34 17:00:58 00:14:24 19 93 169 34.3 Anchorage Fri 01Aug08 16:52:04 16:58:16 17:04:44 00:12:40 353 295 237 17.3 Santa Rosa AO-51 16:52:04 17:00:58 8.9 min overlap (Fri 16:46 UTC/09:52 PDT)
Fri 01Aug08 17:20:26 17:31:18 17:42:06 00:21:40 19 97 174 42.6* Anchorage Fri 01Aug08 17:25:54 17:36:05 17:46:26 00:20:31 8 300 230 34.5 Santa Rosa AO-7 17:25:54 17:42:06 16.2 min overlap (Fri 17:20 UTC/10:25 PDT)
Fri 01Aug08 19:29:28 19:35:41 19:41:58 00:12:30 21 92 161 25.6 Anchorage Fri 01Aug08 19:34:49 19:40:27 19:46:09 00:11:20 353 293 234 17.0 Santa Rosa VO-52 19:34:49 19:41:58 7.2 min overlap (Fri 19:29 UTC/12:34 PDT)
Sat 02Aug08 00:48:21 00:58:14 01:08:11 00:19:50 85 20 316 28.9 Anchorage Sat 02Aug08 00:41:30 00:49:37 00:57:44 00:16:14 96 48 359 13.1 Santa Rosa AO-7 00:48:21 00:57:44 9.4 min overlap (Sat 00:48 UTC/17:41 PDT)
Sat 02Aug08 02:32:35 02:39:07 02:45:55 00:13:20 121 52 343 29.2 Anchorage Sat 02Aug08 02:24:45 02:31:37 02:38:37 00:13:52 156 74 352 58.9* Santa Rosa AO-51 02:32:35 02:38:37 6.0 min overlap (Sat 02:32 UTC/19:24 PDT)
Sat 02Aug08 02:38:47 02:49:35 03:00:23 00:21:36 122 46 330 51.3* Anchorage Sat 02Aug08 02:29:56 02:40:49 02:51:46 00:21:50 148 67 347 62.2* Santa Rosa AO-7 02:38:47 02:51:46 13.0 min overlap (Sat 02:38 UTC/19:29 PDT)
Sat 02Aug08 04:10:40 04:17:40 04:24:56 00:14:16 166 256 343 75.5* Anchorage Sat 02Aug08 04:05:19 04:10:50 04:16:34 00:11:16 215 269 324 12.6 Santa Rosa AO-51 04:10:40 04:16:34 5.9 min overlap (Sat 04:10 UTC/21:05 PDT)
Sat 02Aug08 04:31:03 04:42:14 04:53:25 00:22:22 164 250 338 71.0* Anchorage Sat 02Aug08 04:23:49 04:34:00 04:44:11 00:20:22 197 265 332 27.6 Santa Rosa AO-7 04:31:03 04:44:11 13.1 min overlap (Sat 04:31 UTC/21:23 PDT) ===============================================================================