>Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:17:47 -0800 >To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8...@tin.it> >From: "Edward R. Cole" <kl...@acsalaska.net> >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 range record ?? > >At 08:40 PM 3/19/2011, you wrote: >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "P.H." <bbjun...@f2s.com> >>To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> >>Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 2:17 AM >>Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 range record ?? >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > For a small club satellite presentation I will be mentioning the >> > benefits of HEO over LEO and the range advantage. >> > >> > Can anyone tell me the distance record set when AO-40 was alive? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > 73 >> > >> > 2i0VAX >> > >> > Pete >> >>Hi Pete, 2i0VAX >> >>My DX record on AO40 from JN70ES Naples Italy was a QSO with >>ZL2AOX Ian Ashley in RF72MV with a distance of 18299.0 Km as you >>can see in the following page of QRZ.com >> >>http://www.qrz.com/db/ZL1AOX >> >>The uplink was in L band and the downlink in S band >> >>This is why it is very important to pull for the new HEO satellite P3-E ! ! >> >>Best 73" de >> >>i8CVS Domenico > >which is 11,370 miles. The circumference of the earth is 40,075 km >(24,901 miles) so 18,299/40,075 = 45.7 %. > >That is darn close to half the earth in the footprint. Compare that >with a Leo sat footprint. Anymore questions why we are hoping for another Heo?
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