HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska!
Hey everyone,
At 0204 UTC on 23 January, KL7XJ and I had a quick contact on HO-68 in FM. At the time, the satellite was below 4.5 degrees and descending for me. I'm thrilled to put state No. 49 in the log with my handheld station - a Yaesu VX-7R and Elk dual-band log periodic. I never expected to get more than the lower 48 in my satellite log with the HT, so this is a very pleasant surprise. My thanks to AMSAT-China for HO-68, and to Dale for being there when it counted.
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
Way to go Tim! I heard the whole thing. You will have to put the "orbit stretcher" on HO-68 to work #50 on FM mode and QRP! Great Job!
73 all,
Rick WA4NVM
Hey everyone,
At 0204 UTC on 23 January, KL7XJ and I had a quick contact on HO-68 in FM. At the time, the satellite was below 4.5 degrees and descending for me. I'm thrilled to put state No. 49 in the log with my handheld station - a Yaesu VX-7R and Elk dual-band log periodic. I never expected to get more than the lower 48 in my satellite log with the HT, so this is a very pleasant surprise. My thanks to AMSAT-China for HO-68, and to Dale for being there when it counted.
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
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Thanks Rick! I don't have the industrial strength orbit stretcher here, so I won't be able to stretch HO-68 to Hawaii from here ... hihi.
It'll have to be Grand Old AO-7, and I remain hopeful that will happen sometime.
Thanks again.
73,
Tim
________________________________ From: Rick - WA4NVM wa4nvm@comcast.net To: Tim - N3TL n3tl@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 12:08:10 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska!
Way to go Tim! I heard the whole thing. You will have to put the "orbit stretcher" on HO-68 to work #50 on FM mode and QRP! Great Job!
73 all,
Rick WA4NVM
Hey everyone,
At 0204 UTC on 23 January, KL7XJ and I had a quick contact on HO-68 in FM. At the time, the satellite was below 4.5 degrees and descending for me. I'm thrilled to put state No. 49 in the log with my handheld station - a Yaesu VX-7R and Elk dual-band log periodic. I never expected to get more than the lower 48 in my satellite log with the HT, so this is a very pleasant surprise. My thanks to AMSAT-China for HO-68, and to Dale for being there when it counted.
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
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Tim........you need one of those "Pineapple Express" come in, hoping it will stretch out their signal abit more, hi... Congrat's to you and Dale on the accomplishment though.
John W6ZKH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim - N3TL" n3tl@bellsouth.net To: "Rick - WA4NVM" wa4nvm@comcast.net, amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:39:03 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska!
Thanks Rick! I don't have the industrial strength orbit stretcher here, so I won't be able to stretch HO-68 to Hawaii from here ... hihi.
It'll have to be Grand Old AO-7, and I remain hopeful that will happen sometime.
Thanks again.
73,
Tim
________________________________ From: Rick - WA4NVM wa4nvm@comcast.net To: Tim - N3TL n3tl@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 12:08:10 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska!
Way to go Tim! I heard the whole thing. You will have to put the "orbit stretcher" on HO-68 to work #50 on FM mode and QRP! Great Job!
73 all,
Rick WA4NVM
Hey everyone,
At 0204 UTC on 23 January, KL7XJ and I had a quick contact on HO-68 in FM. At the time, the satellite was below 4.5 degrees and descending for me. I'm thrilled to put state No. 49 in the log with my handheld station - a Yaesu VX-7R and Elk dual-band log periodic. I never expected to get more than the lower 48 in my satellite log with the HT, so this is a very pleasant surprise. My thanks to AMSAT-China for HO-68, and to Dale for being there when it counted.
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
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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