Congratulations Hector, good contact, hopefully we'll get lucky on Saturday 6 and got the qso, so would break your Record with Spain. 73's Luis EC4TR
2013/4/4 Hector, CO6CBF <[email protected]> > Hello to all > > > > I am pleased to report that today I had my first contact on satellites with > Ireland. Joe, EI5EV and I completed it successfully on FO-29. We had just > a > 66 seconds window but there was enough time to exchange reports and > greetings. I believe that it is the first contact between Ireland and Cuba > on FO-29! It is a 4321.7 mi (6955.1 km) contact! > > > > Our first attempt was yesterday but Joe couldn't find me on the passband. > We > made a schedule again and we tried to be more accurate on frequencies > calculation. Doppler is always in play! > > We did the calculations based on the great feature implemented on SatPC32 > V12.8b. There is an option of seeing the frequency you are at the > satellite receiver. This was our common reference point. I was very > satisfied when I heard Joe exactly on the frequency I was expecting! > > > > I was operating portable from a tall building `s roof which allows me a > great horizon visibility forwarding Europe. I was running my new FT-817nd, > a > 30W power amplifier and a homebrew ARROW antenna with a homebrew mast > mounted preamplifier. Everything was supplied by two 12V 7A Gel batteries. > > > > Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint. Please, if you are into the footprint > and want to try a long distance contact, just drop me an email. I will try > until complete a contact with you. > > > > Thanks very much to Joe for this great contact! > > > > 73! > > Hector, CO6CBF > > El92sd > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
