Hi Luc,
No satellite capability at present but I can confirm for anyone on the BB who
hasn't tried it, transatlantic contacts are perfectly possible via AO-51.
With most of Europe out of the footprint you will probably have the satellite
to yourselves.
Another great time to try, when the passes are sutiable is around midnight UTC
into western USA and Canada. 5W is plenty. Just Nortyh amarica, Scandinavia and
Scotland in the footprint.
73 John G7HIA
From: Luc Leblanc luclebla...@videotron.ca
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Sent: Friday, 11 December, 2009 9:36:21
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 trasatlantic QSO possible now
Each 3 days AO-51 footprint reach eastern NA and Europe. This very early
morning pass here at 0855 UTC put in range of the east of North
America (me...at least): Northern Europe and most of Scandinavia. The next
similar pass will be on Monday December 14 at 0837 UTC. This
pass will cover from a line starting at the South of Spain to the north border
of Italy covering near the whole western European continent
UK as well Scandinavia will also be in range.
Signal on this morning low pass about 7 deg here was Q5 S6 to S7. If there is
any takers i can set my alarm clock to be QRV next Monday
morning but i know it is a working day could be not the best pass to have a lot
of stations but it is not a too bad thing considering the
limitation of a one channel sat.
Best time to have a look over the Atlantic from FN36KA.
-
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
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www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
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