It was also exciting from my end. We tried the pass before but that
didn't work.
The next pass I heard Wyatt calling me and we made a nice contact.
Our next goal is to do the same on FO-29. By the way, i don't use
preamps. But i have big antennas and good ears :-)
Congratulations to Wyatt for making a portable trip to work me on AO-7.
73
Eric.
Amateur Radio Station ON4HF
Eric Knaps
Satellite manager UBA
http://www.on4hf.be
Op 28/01/2012 18:07, K4FEG schreef:
On 1/28/2012 10:01, Clayton Coleman W5PFG wrote:
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
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and he owns PREAMPS! yes I said it!
The preamp that you don't need, unless you want to push the envelope!
If mediocrity is your ultimate goal, use the minimalist approach,
simple, cheap, but if you wish to truly enjoy the full limits of
satellite communications, give yourself the tools to do the job!
JOB WELL DONE WYATT!
YOU AND ERIC (ON4HF) DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
K4FEG
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