On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Mark L. Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > There is much to celebrate with the successful launch and early > commissioning of the XW-1 satellite! Congratulations to Alan, > Michael, and the entire team---from construction, to launch, to > commissioning. Your hard work is evident and appreciated by ham > operators around the world. > > I had the priviledg of working N3TL on that first linear transponder > US pass, and the bird performed and sounded wonderful! (thanks, Tim > :) ) > > I hope to be around to attempt the PBBS when it becomes active over > the US tody as well. > > Best 73 to the XW-1/Hope-1 team! > > > --
I wish the XW-1 team could have listened in on that first pass: it was full of voices marveling at how low the bird was on the horizon while they were continuing their conversations! For me, a simple 1/4 wave vertical with preamp took me all the way to 0 degrees azimuth. 73, Bruce -- http://ve9qrp.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
