Congratulations Héctor!! I will be happy to try a QSO when it's possible.
EA4TV El 04/04/2013 08:06, "ec4tr.luis" <[email protected]> escribió: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
