Do bragging rights for LEO birds count on old RS15? G4CUO to W7LRD Nottinghamshire to Seattle=7535KM Sure do miss that bird. 73 Bob W7LRD

-------------- Original message -------------- From: "David Barber" david.barber@dbelectronics.co.uk

Do my two contacts via FO-29 using a single vertical co-linear at 30ft count?

VE9QRP @ 4702Km W1FC @ 5355Km

After all it is at a fixed elevation!!!

David G8OQW

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Fabio Roccatagliata Sent: 09 March 2007 14:24 To: brobertson@mta.ca Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DX LEO records, fixed elevation category

Dear friends,

here is my best LEO contacts made by using no elevation on 2 yagi antennas. Antennas used:

12 el. 3wl for Vhf H pol. < BR>> 21 el. 6wl for Uhf H pol.

IZ1EGT (JN44LK) -> VA3DB (FN25DI) 03/01/2005 FO29 J CW qrb 6343 km.

Sincerely I found that elevation is not needed on Vhf while it increases drastically sigs in Uhf.

Best 73s Fabio

IZ1EGT / F5VKV

On 3/9/07, Bruce Robertson wrote:

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VE9QRP (FN75tv) to IW4DVZ (JN54IM) 5600 km " " to OK2UFB (JN99as) 5847 km

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