nice going guys!! Still rebuilding everything!
73 Bob W7LRD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Hershberger" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: "KL4E" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 5:46:53 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite contact between Alaska and Cuba Congratulations to Dale and Hector on this contact.... I am there when time permits........ Dale, KL7XJ BP41 On 7/8/2012 7:52 PM, Hector, CO6CBF wrote: > I am happy to report that after a lot of attempts, Dale KL7R and I reached > a Sat contact between BP54xt and EL92sd. The Cubans cannot operate on AO-07 > mode B, So FO-29 is our only opportunity for long contacts. > > > > I cannot say how much time we tried but I am sure that it was more than 10 > attempts. Dale did all the hard work, he drove around 4 miles from his home > to a nearby hill. Majority of times he drove very late in the night. > > > > All the SSB attempts failed. Today at 1920z was our first attempt on CW and > It was successfully! > > > > Dale `s working conditions are a Yaesu FT-817 (only 5W semi-duplex) and > ARROW antenna with preamplifier. My working conditions are a majority > homebrew setup, 10 elements yagi on 2m and 18 elements yagi for 70cm with a > homebrew preamplifier. > > > > Thanks very much to Dale for his constancy and effort! > > > > PD: I continue looking for new grids and long contacts on satellite, if you > are into any footprint with EL92sd and wan to try, please drop me an email. > > > > > 73! > > > > Hector, CO6CBF > > EL92sd > > > > > Este mensaje ha sido enviado mediante el servicio de correo electronico que > ofrece la Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba a sus miembros para > respaldar el cumplimiento de los objetivos de la organizacion y su politica > informativa. La persona que envia este correo asume el compromiso de usar el > servicio a tales fines y cumplir con las regulaciones establecidas. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2195 / Virus Database: 2437/5120 - Release Date: 07/08/12 > > _______________________________________________ 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
