[Video] My best satellite demo ever - 18 QSOs
A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web forums, and boy did they come calling!
Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that contacted me:
01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama 02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago 03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania 04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas 05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida 06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania 07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky 08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS 09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana 10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania 11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky 12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland 13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana 14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire 15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada 16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois 17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania 18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York
This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.
Equipment:
Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled. Kenwood TM-V71A Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4
You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:
https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/
RARSfest: https://www.rarsfest.org/
Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog Park Software.
https://nordicpc.com https://m2inc.com https://dogparksoftware.com http://arrowantennas.com
Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is from him. Thanks Jelmer!
73, John Brier KG4AKV
No, thank YOU, John!
Our efforts at RARSFEST wouldn't be nearly as successful, wouldn't draw nearly as much interest, if it weren't for your demos in 2018 and 2019 (and additionally Tucker W4FS in 2017).
I can't thank you enough for helping me (and AMSAT) at RARSFest.
Philip N4HF
On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:18 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web forums, and boy did they come calling!
Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that contacted me:
01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama 02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago 03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania 04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas 05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida 06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania 07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky 08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS 09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana 10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania 11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky 12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland 13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana 14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire 15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada 16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois 17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania 18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York
This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.
Equipment:
Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled. Kenwood TM-V71A Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4
You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:
https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/
RARSfest: https://www.rarsfest.org/
Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog Park Software.
https://nordicpc.com https://m2inc.com https://dogparksoftware.com http://arrowantennas.com
Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is from him. Thanks Jelmer!
73, John Brier KG4AKV _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Aww shucks :-)
I'm glad to help. I know RARS does appreciate it. They advertise it well.
Go team #AMSAT!
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 9:17 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
No, thank YOU, John!
Our efforts at RARSFEST wouldn't be nearly as successful, wouldn't draw nearly as much interest, if it weren't for your demos in 2018 and 2019 (and additionally Tucker W4FS in 2017).
I can't thank you enough for helping me (and AMSAT) at RARSFest.
Philip N4HF
On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 3:18 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web forums, and boy did they come calling!
Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that contacted me:
01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama 02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago 03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania 04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas 05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida 06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania 07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky 08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS 09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana 10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania 11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky 12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland 13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana 14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire 15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada 16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois 17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania 18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York
This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.
Equipment:
Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled. Kenwood TM-V71A Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4
You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:
https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/
RARSfest: https://www.rarsfest.org/
Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog Park Software.
https://nordicpc.com https://m2inc.com https://dogparksoftware.com http://arrowantennas.com
Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is from him. Thanks Jelmer!
73, John Brier KG4AKV _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Congrats on a wonderfully long demonstration in front of a large gathering !!!Nice harness too.. - Umesh, k6vug
On Sunday, April 21, 2019, 12:18:37 PM PDT, John Brier via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web forums, and boy did they come calling!
Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that contacted me:
01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama 02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago 03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania 04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas 05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida 06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania 07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky 08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS 09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana 10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania 11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky 12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland 13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana 14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire 15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada 16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois 17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania 18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York
This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.
Equipment:
Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled. Kenwood TM-V71A Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4
You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:
https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/
RARSfest: https://www.rarsfest.org/
Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog Park Software.
https://nordicpc.com https://m2inc.com https://dogparksoftware.com http://arrowantennas.com
Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is from him. Thanks Jelmer!
73, John Brier KG4AKV _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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John Brier -
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Philip Jenkins