Piraja,

My very best wishes for good luck and good DX in your attempt to contact Andre, ZS2BK. Please keep us informed of your progress.

Here in EM84, the full summer foliage is proving troublesome for my efforts on the low angle passes of AO-7 and all the satellites, when they are to my east. I was fortunate to work Jean-Marie, F2IL, for the second time on AO-7 two evenings ago - but the copy was much more difficult than when we first worked. AO-7 actually was slightly higher for this contact, but there was much more foliage serving as a partial obstruction. I fear my significant DX efforts to the east on AO-7 will be limited for the next few months, but I definitely will keep trying!

Good DX and very best 73s,

Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from ps8rf ps8 ps8rf@hotmail.com: --------------

Hello All,

I would like to inform to all, one more surprise by AO-7. Yesterday ( Orbit: 58267 - 16/06/2009 - 20:15:22 UTC) I heard the station of Andre, ZS2BK, in cw, via AO-7 in GI84ow. The distance is 4805 miles (7694 km). Congratullations Andre. A little more than the contact ( ssb ) that was made with Jean-Jacques, ON7EQ. According to Roland, PY4ZBZ, the area of coverage of AO7 is approximately 7,904 Km. The contacts are close to the limit of A0-7. I hope soon keep in cw (or perhaps ssb ) contact with Andre and are open to any Sked way AO-7 or another satellite. Thanks all .

The recording began at 20:14:47 (UTC) and 20:15:22 (UTC) heard the first signal cw, in the frequency of 145.940 MHz, the last sign I heard 20:15:52 UTC.

A file with the rx audio was added in youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JUyIIi0s4I

Best regards

73

Piraja, PS8RF

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