I see - at least I had part of it right. Anyway, it was a neat concept. That length may have to be adjusted by a few inches. ;-)
73, Zack KD8KSN -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:18 PM To: Zachary Beougher Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Widest split of the year award I did, but my home station wasn't part of it this time. Up from the office and down from Mark's via Skype. Sent from my iPhone On May 26, 2011, at 6:11 PM, "Zachary Beougher" <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought you said you were downlinking from NC and transmitting from > Tampa?? > > Zack > > -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:08 PM > To: Zachary Beougher > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Widest split of the year award > > I was actually at my office in North Tampa, with a magmount antenna out > the second floor window. The ground plane is a side panel from a junk pc, > hooked over the window frame lip! > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 26, 2011, at 5:35 PM, "Zachary Beougher" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Drew, KO4MA, gets the “widest split of the year award” for his operation >> on AO51 this evening – uplink from his home station in FL via remote, and >> downlink from N8MH’s QTH in NC. I wonder if anyone else could mount >> their receive and transmit setups 547.17 miles apart? Or to put it in >> terms that you are more likely to deal with when assembling your station, >> 34,668,746.87 inches apart. >> >> 73! >> >> Zack >> KD8SKN >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
