Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you AMSAT!

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From: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@mcn.net>
Date: Monday, January 5, 2004 11:10 am
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank you AMSAT!
> 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 
> 
If you look at the AMSAT site, you will find that the next project after Echo is "EAGLE" that is another phase 3 satellite.  You can expedite this project by sending "DONATIONS" earmarked directly for the EAGLE project to AMSAT-NA.  Echo is almost half funded and when that goal is met, the EAGLE project will come off the back burner.  
Enjoy AO-40- I hope to be on the bird as soon as it is in view and the transponders are on while I'm awake and at home!!(Hi, Hi!)

73,
NB2F
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