[amsat-bb] AO40 portable

[Keith N6ORS <k2@xxxxxx>]

Hi Guys,
Well I went portable to a hill in a nearby park today (8/7
23:45 Z)
setup the gear , an 847 with a drake and an 18"dss dish,
didnt expect to hear
anything till the sat got to about 8 deg.. Picked up the
beacon immediately
at about 4deg.  (MA64)  . Heard all the strong qso's  easily
and one 'VERY' strong
sstv signal (@ 2400.350).  the copy was fine  for contacts
if i had brought
along an uplink antenna but this was just a rx test.  Good
thing i didnt bring
all the stuff.  The wind was so horrific that i had to hang
on to my 18" dish
the whole time . My pack of cigarettes blew away then the
lite fell off the
cigarette in my mouth and fell on my shirt  which
immediately burst into
flame from the wind and while i was sending cw on my chest
trying to put
out the fire my dish took off and rolled till it hit the end
of the coax.  when
i retieved it i found the feed mounting had sheared off so
that ended the exercize.
But the trip was a success, with a small uplink antenna im
sure AO40 portable  can be
very fruitful , at least using S1.
Good luck all,
Keith N6ORS


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