[amsat-bb] Yippee! First QSO on RS-13!

["Margaret Leber (KB3DXS)" <maggie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, it's been a long struggle doing this and that getting moved into
our new house here...

   http://www.voicenet.com/~maggie/newhouse.html

 ...and finally a separate room for my computing lab and shack (my partner Gwen
KB3DVJ has her own room for such here now too. Much fussing and experimenting
with antennas,(which is *far* from over, in fact
I have a used G-5400 on it's way here as I write).

But doggonit I'm *pumped* finally having gotten onto *something* besides
the Mode JA birds (AO-27/UO-14 with a handytalkie and Arrow), and now
the sat modes of my FT-847 are finally gonna start earning their keep.

I just worked W0SAT Jerry on RS-13 orbit 47847 0415 UTC, sigs rcvd 5x3 sent 5x9
(gee you sound good)...and I can't say how tickled I am! 

Doing sat work indoors, sitting in a comfy chair, with a desk and computer in
front of me, even a footpedal for PTT instead of juggling
Arrow/HT/Paper/Pencil/Clock/Prediction sheet/etc/etc/etc...in rain/blazing
sun/rain/what have you. This is almost civilized!

Not to mention not feeling as crowded as fifty people in a phone booth on a
single-channel FM sat.

Thanks much, Jerry...and the QSL will be at your callbook address soon!

 73 to all...Maggie KB3DXS <bounces up and down with glee>

P.S. I only need Hawaii for 40M SSB WAS....anybody out that way on the list?

-- 
     / __     _)      Margaret Stephanie Leber  /"The art of progress   / 
    /(, /|  /|   http://voicenet.com/~maggie   / consists of preserving/  
   /   / | / |  _   _   _    `  _ AOPA 925383 / order amid change and /
  / ) /  |/  |_(_(_(_/_(_/__(__(/_ARRL 39280 / change amid order."   /
 / (_/   '        .-/ .-/       AMSAT 32844 /___ --A.N.Whitehead ___/  
/_______KB3DXS___(_/_(_/______ ICQ 7061096 / <maggie@voicenet.com> /
----
Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA.
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org