Ok whats with the third person here is Wyatt dead? I dont think so I talked to him via email today...
Kevin KF7MYK > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:39:28 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wyatt AC0RA, a skilled and dedicated operator > > Wyatt has been working on a website covering a lot of his work on the > satellites. It has photos and descriptions of some of his gear (his > satellite box is cool): > > https://sites.google.com/site/radiostationac0ra/ > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:18 PM, John Geiger <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have worked Wyatt many times on the FM sats but didn't know he was doing > > the SSB sats until recently when I saw his posting looking for Hawaii on AO7 > > or FO29. Do you know what he is using for a satellite radio on those sats? > > > > 73s John AA5JG > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clayton Coleman W5PFG" > > <[email protected]> > > To: "AMSAT" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:01 PM > > > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Wyatt AC0RA, a skilled and dedicated operator > > > > > > Wyatt Dirks AC0RA is very passionate about his satellite operations. > > Having started with a home brew antenna, he has experimented with > > several portable station configurations including LPDA’s, commercial > > Arrows, and recently added a 13-element M2 beam. > > > > Just today, January 28, he made a 6,941km contact with ON4HF using > > AO-7 mode B. While this is several hundred kilometers below the > > distance record for mode B contacts, it is important to note that > > Wyatt performed this feat completely portable, without a set of > > cross-polarized beams, without automated antenna tracking, and more > > importantly – out in the cold Iowa weather. > > > > He’s recently been making contacts with other stations in Europe. > > This does not come easily in a portable setting from the mid-USA > > states. Many folks who have been around for a long time, who have > > “been there and done that,” may not see this as much of an > > accomplishment. I assure you if we had satellites capable of greater > > distance contacts, Wyatt would be on them pushing the limits of their > > capabilities with minimal equipment. > > > > Not only does Wyatt posses the right equipment, he demonstrates skill > > and dedication, something uncommon in young men his age just shy of 20 > > years old. We should encourage operators of this caliber as they will > > be our future engineers and friends in the space frontier. > > > > 73, > > Clayton > > W5PFG > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
