Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
Pete
Oh-boy here we go with AO-40 (sobsob) stories. Just off the top of my head I know I got WAC. Now where are my QSL cards?
73 Bob W7LRD
still miss AO-40 (sobsob)
----- Original Message ----- From: "P.H." bbjunkie@f2s.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:17:40 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ??
Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
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Thanks Guys!
That is some very interesting information indeed, thanks for that.
I don't want to start another LEO vs HEO debate - let's not go there :-)
73
Pete
2i0VAX
P.H.,
Certainly no distance records but from DM13 I have worked from the U.K. to the east, all across the Americas, and as far as Japan to the West. Passes were in view for 12+ hours here. All contacts were made using homebrew equipment and portable antennas in my back yard. Despite technical problems, it was the best satellite ever.
Art, KC6UQH
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Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
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----- Original Message ----- From: "P.H." bbjunkie@f2s.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 2:17 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ??
Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
Pete
Hi Pete, 2i0VAX
My DX record on AO40 from JN70ES Naples Italy was a QSO with ZL2AOX Ian Ashley in RF72MV with a distance of 18299.0 Km as you can see in the following page of QRZ.com
The uplink was in L band and the downlink in S band
This is why it is very important to pull for the new HEO satellite P3-E ! !
Best 73" de
i8CVS Domenico
Mine was Auburn, California USA to Perth, Australia. UHF up, S-band down. Also not a record, but close enough for me.
Greg KO6TH
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:17:40 +0000 From: bbjunkie@f2s.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ??
Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
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My best DX on AO-40 was VK5DG south Australia from central england. 70cms up 2.4GHz down.
Happy days !!
73 john G7HIA
________________________________ From: P.H. bbjunkie@f2s.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, 20 March, 2011 1:17:40 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ??
Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
Pete _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Hello John and everyone else.
According to the logbook that contact was around 2.5 degrees elevation which is very close to my horizon. My best distance would probably be a contact with EI4HT.
Another feature of AO-40 which may or may not be relevant to your talk Pete, was the variety of uplinks and downlinks. One of my most memorable contacts was with OE1VKW. I was using U/S, he was using L/K. Four bands for one contact. Mind you, he was doing most of the work for that one. Maybe not specific to a HEO, but SSB/CW on K-band on a LEO would be extremely difficult. Having an almost stationary HEO made it possible.
Happy days indeed.
73 de David VK5DG
On 22/03/11 10:02, John Heath wrote:
My best DX on AO-40 was VK5DG south Australia from central england. 70cms up 2.4GHz down.
Happy days !!
73 john G7HIA
From: P.H.bbjunkie@f2s.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, 20 March, 2011 1:17:40 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ??
Hi,
For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage.
Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive?
Thanks
73
2i0VAX
Pete _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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