Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you AMSAT!

["Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:46 AM 1/5/04 +0100, "Piero Calvi-Parisetti" <pcalvi@bluewin.ch> wrote:

>After one month of preparations (when the transponder was off) yesterday
>I finally made my first QSOs on Oscar 40. The antennas are mounted on the
>back balcony of my apartment, with a tight "window" of about 50 degrees (90
>to 140) in azimuth and a minimum elevation of 17 degrees. In these challenged
>conditions, I have between two and five hours of visibility of the bird almost
>every day, and - boy! The passband sounds like 20 meters, or... what 20 meters
>should have sounded 30 years ago: plenty of DX, plenty of ragchewing, fairness
>and courtesy! Thank you AMSAT for an outstanding satellite.
>
>Piero HB9DSU


Congrats on your first contact Piero.  Phase III satellites are a blast!  I 
wish Amsat-NA BOD wanted to build another one.  Hope to catch you on the 
bird.  73

KB7ADL


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