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P.H.

20 Mar 2011 20 Mar '11

1:17 a.m.

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

2i0VAX

Pete

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Bob- W7LRD

20 Mar 20 Mar

3:12 a.m.

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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." [email protected] To: [email protected] 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

2i0VAX

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P.H.

10:55 a.m.

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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 :-)

Pete

2i0VAX

Art McBride

3:56 a.m.

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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

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P.H. Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:18 PM To: [email protected] 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

2i0VAX

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i8cvs

4:40 a.m.

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----- Original Message ----- From: "P.H." [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 2:17 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ??

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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

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

http://www.qrz.com/db/ZL1AOX

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

Greg D.

6:05 a.m.

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Mine was Auburn, California USA to Perth, Australia. UHF up, S-band down. Also not a record, but close enough for me.

Greg KO6TH

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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:17:40 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] 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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John Heath

21 Mar 21 Mar

11:32 p.m.

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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. [email protected] To: [email protected] 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

2i0VAX

David Giles

22 Mar 22 Mar

6:26 a.m.

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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:

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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.[email protected] To: [email protected] 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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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