Re: [amsat-bb] AO40 portable

["Glen Tubbesing" <gtubbesing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a good reason to quit smoking, Keith!

73,
Glen N7GOT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith N6ORS" <k2@pe.net>
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO40 portable


> 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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