Hello John and everyone else. According to the logbook that contact was around 2.5 degrees elevation which is very close to my horizon. My best distance would probably be a contact with EI4HT.
Another feature of AO-40 which may or may not be relevant to your talk Pete, was the variety of uplinks and downlinks. One of my most memorable contacts was with OE1VKW. I was using U/S, he was using L/K. Four bands for one contact. Mind you, he was doing most of the work for that one. Maybe not specific to a HEO, but SSB/CW on K-band on a LEO would be extremely difficult. Having an almost stationary HEO made it possible. Happy days indeed. 73 de David VK5DG On 22/03/11 10:02, John Heath wrote: > My best DX on AO-40 was VK5DG south Australia from central england. > 70cms up 2.4GHz down. > > Happy days !! > > 73 john G7HIA > > > > > ________________________________ > From: P.H.<[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, 20 March, 2011 1:17:40 > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
