Just worked DJ8MS on AO7b. The distance is 7671.89km. See email below. I first heard Tor via FO29 earlier today. We exchanged emals and decided to try the AO7b pass at 1810Z with great success. Attached are photos Tor sent of his antenna. I used 22 element HiGain with AR2 preamp on RX.
73 WC7V Kerry
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:05:51 +0100 From: dj8ms@web.de To: kladuke1144@msn.com Subject: Re: AO-7
Kerry,
thanks for the really interessting email. I just got an equivalent mail from John, K8YSE...
This is just a copy of what I wrote him, don't want to type it again. :)
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Yes, indeed I was just trying on AO-7... FO-29 was already far below the horizon and I did not try on it at all, just in the 2 passes earlier. AO-7 was pretty weak all the time just a while ago. It had either an unfortunate direction away from me, or just too few sunlight.
I heard/read about such double hops from prior I think FM-SATs. And actually was joking with some other guy years ago to try some dxing with VO-52 and FO-29 I think. As their up&downlink could actually match. A pitty VO-52 is gone...
I was calling on AO-7 on 145.954 (local), thus maybe 956 at AO-7 directly... this could give .844 on FO-29 as they have almost constant distant I assume there is not much Doppler. At 10:38 FO-29 was pretty close to your EN91 station, if you used that one, the Doppler was likely minimal too... Sooo I'd assume you've heard me around .845 or so.
Does that fit ?
Thanks again for this real cool non-scheduled test.
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No, sri.. I did not hear you, but I'm happy to try again, when you have time. I'm not certain, how much better the window may be for us both, it's extremely high distance.
Btw. I just made some pictures of my current setup, after AO-7 set...
73 - Tor, DJ8MS
Am 12.03.2015 um 11:51 schrieb KERRY LA*DUKE:
Toralf,
Heard your cw signal around 10:38Z on FO29. I realized you were actually on AO-7. Once AO-7 was in range I found your signal at around 145.958 on the down link and gave you a call but it must have been at your LOS. Hope to work you sometime. I also heard UA9CS via FO-29.
73 WC7V Kerry
dn45rp
Hi All,
Chris VK6FCBG and myself did complete a one way double hop contact yesterday, 0945z 14 Mar 2015. AO-07 and FO-29 were visible at the same time in Perth Western Australia for about 10 minutes. I transmitted CW on 432.150MHz to AO-07 and Chris heard me on FO-29's downlink of 435.850. Satellite to satellite link was on 145.950MHz. Next is to complete a two-way voice contact.
Cheers, Rick VK6XLR
On 13/03/2015 02:57, :
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:05:51 +0100 From:dj8ms@web.de To:kladuke1144@msn.com Subject: Re: AO-7
Kerry, ......... I heard/read about such double hops from prior I think FM-SATs. And actually was joking with some other guy years ago to try some dxing with VO-52 and FO-29 I think. As their up&downlink could actually match. A pitty VO-52 is gone... I was calling on AO-7 on 145.954 (local), thus maybe 956 at AO-7 directly... this could give .844 on FO-29 as they have almost constant distant I assume there is not much Doppler. At 10:38 FO-29 was pretty close to your EN91 station, if you used that one, the Doppler was likely minimal too... Sooo I'd assume you've heard me around .845 or so.
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