Has anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get back to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
Kevin KF7MYK
Hi Kevin!
Has anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get back to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
Yes, it is possible to get Hawaii on FM satellites from the US West Coast or west of the Rockies. Robert NH7WN, who just posted here on the -BB recently, is the first satellite QSO for many. His e-mail address as listed on QRZ.com (the same address he uses to post here) is good, and he has been very good at making schedules to work stations on the mainland. He is also very good at getting QSL cards out to the stations he works.
Good luck with that, and maybe I will hear you on Saturday from a hamfest in the morning and wherever I end up later in the day.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Kevin, Robert will qsl if you get him...he has a nice card. Suggest you e-mail him for a sked setup
The next pass for AO-51 may include HA...give it a shout
73, Ted, K7TRK
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Deane Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:30 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Hawaii Qsl
Has anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get back to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
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I have done it through HO-68 on FM from the San Francisco Bay Area.
73,
Andreas, N6NU
On Jun 2, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Kevin Deane wrote:
Has anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get back to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
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Kevin,
Hawaii is possible but passes on AO-51 need to be close to the 1/2 way point between the west coast and Hawaii. Last September my wife & I went to Oahu and I operated from the entrance to Diamond Head. I was able to make a contact with Glenn, AA5PK, in Texas from there. We figured that we were both around 1 degree over the horizon. All I had was my trusty Arrow, IC-W32A and Hamtronics 450 preamp. Pretty amazing what these sats can do!
But don't do as I find myself forgetting to do too often - keep those keps up to date!
- Tom, KA6SIP
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Deane summit496@live.com To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:45 pm Subject: [amsat-bb] Hawaii Qsl
as anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get ack to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
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Thanks for the report Kevin. This is encouraging...
73,
Mark N8MH
At 01:12 AM 6/3/2011 -0400, Tom Deeble wrote:
Kevin,
Hawaii is possible but passes on AO-51 need to be close to the 1/2 way point between the west coast and Hawaii. Last September my wife & I went to Oahu and I operated from the entrance to Diamond Head. I was able to make a contact with Glenn, AA5PK, in Texas from there. We figured that we were both around 1 degree over the horizon. All I had was my trusty Arrow, IC-W32A and Hamtronics 450 preamp. Pretty amazing what these sats can do!
But don't do as I find myself forgetting to do too often - keep those keps up to date!
- Tom, KA6SIP
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Deane summit496@live.com To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:45 pm Subject: [amsat-bb] Hawaii Qsl
as anyone ever got Hawaii from the West Coast? Hopefully Robert NH7WN will get ack to me, a friend and I would really like to try it!
evin F7MYK
ent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. ot an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! ubscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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participants (6)
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Andreas Junge -
Kevin Deane -
Mark L. Hammond -
Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) -
Ted -
Tom Deeble