Hi Pat, As pointed out by Henk there are two entries for September 18th. The last one is probably for September 19th.
The first is for the "real" 18th. 73 OZ1MY/Ib -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Patrick E. Farcon [mailto:[email protected]] Sendt: 18. september 2010 19:36 Til: Ib Christoffersen Emne: Re: SV: [amsat-bb] HO-68 question Yes. Sorry for today. I was confused when I checked the website versus reports on Oscar website. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:27 PM, "Ib Christoffersen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pat, > Are you talking about today ? > September 18 ? > > By the way it was/is on now starting 1605 ending 1650 in FM mode. > > 73 OZ1MY/Ib > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne > af Patrick Farcon > Sendt: 18. september 2010 18:06 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: [amsat-bb] HO-68 question > > I finally got an opportunity to try and work HO-68 again on the weekend. > Very tough during the week due to work schedule. I had a 65 deg at peak pass > over FN20un but was unable to hear the satellite at all during the entire > pass. Often I have a high 70cm noise level here so I figured it was operator > tracking error (Arrow on a tripod) and the high noise level. I went to > http://oscar.dcarr.org to see if anyone had heard the pass and unfortunately > there were no reports either way. What I did find was a bit confusing unless > the past work week took a real toll on me...LOL!... > > There were 4 reports out of Europe earlier in the day of the satellite being > heard. When I had checked the schedule on http://www.camsat.cn I thought I > understood the satellite to be off between 1:51 and 14:20 UTC. The pass I > was trying to catch was at 14:39 UTC but the reported heard times were in > the OFF period for HO-68. Am I reading this all wrong? I was hoping to > perhaps catch a European station or two on that pass and also work others > here in the US. > > Thanks in advance and maybe it¹s just a tough morning for me! > > 73, > > Pat > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
