Hi,
Thanks for reading I have a burning Question?
Why is there so little activity on VO-52 and FO-29? These are the birds that make it possible to make QSO's from Europe to the States and other continents.
During the pass from July 27 2009 10:34 UTC, nothing not a single soul :( Yesterday around the same time, again nothing ...
Is there no interrest in these birds, they're strong and have a proper footprint.
73's Jan - PE0SAT
Jan, I and a regular group of operators in the western US are regularly on V0-52, FO-29 and AO-7, down to very low elevations. But I would ask the same question as you. I have a fairly good signal into these sats and have never even heard any stations outside of Canada, US or Mexico. That is frustrating when you look at what the footprint of these sats can hit.
73s
Craig N6RSX
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org]On Behalf Of PE0SAT Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 3:41 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 and VO-52
Hi,
Thanks for reading I have a burning Question?
Why is there so little activity on VO-52 and FO-29? These are the birds that make it possible to make QSO's from Europe to the States and other continents.
During the pass from July 27 2009 10:34 UTC, nothing not a single soul :( Yesterday around the same time, again nothing ...
Is there no interrest in these birds, they're strong and have a proper footprint.
73's Jan - PE0SAT
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On Tue, July 28, 2009 18:53, D. Craig Fox wrote:
Jan,
Hi Craig,
I was a lucky this morning 10:48 UTC I worked K9HF, it was short but it is in the Log :)) via AO-7
I and a regular group of operators in the western US are regularly on V0-52, FO-29 and AO-7, down to very low elevations. But I would ask the same question as you. I have a fairly good signal into these sats and have never even heard any stations outside of Canada, US or Mexico. That is frustrating when you look at what the footprint of these sats can hit.
Perhaps it is an idea to make appointments with date and time.
I've tried to use the dx-cluster, but that was also unsuccessful.
Maybe the use of a website that will help the Sat operators in making apointments for QSO's with other continents. Combine SAT data with a Calendar function ?
73s
Craig N6RSX
73's PE0SAT - Jan
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