Re: [amsat-bb] Transatlantic QSO on FO-29

[Andre PH7AT <ph7at@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Luc and all,

There sure are lots of opportunities for transatlantic QSOs on satellite.
At this time of year FO-29's footprint includes most of western Europe 
and north-east coast of NA.

N-S passes (approximate times)
1030 UTC (VO1, VO2, VY2, VE9, VE1, a bit of VE2 and W1 in footprint)
1200 UTC (VO1, VO2, VY2, VE9, VE1, VE2, VE3, VE4, VY0, W1, W2, W3, W8 in 
footprint)
Not much activity from NA at these passes as local times are very early 
in the morning ;)

S-N passes (approximate times)
2030 UTC (VO1, VO2, VE9, VE1, VE2, VY2 in footprint)
2230 UTC (VO1, VO2, VY2, VE9, VE1, VE2, W1, W2, W3 and W coast of Europe 
in footprint)

BTW: AO-51's and VO-52's footprints are a bit smaller than FO29's, but 
here are also possibilities for working transatlantic.

My best DX on LEO satellite so far is WB4LHD in EM55 (7408 km) on AO7 
and K3SZH in FN10 (6190 km) on FO-29.

Looking forward in working you on FO-29!

73,

Andre PH7AT
www.ph7at.net


Luc Leblanc VE2DWE wrote:

>As previously reported transatlantic QSO are feasible on FO-29 for station located on the north east coast of North America.
>I was able to contactS saturday EA4CYQ Juan in IM78 at LOS at my QTH. I heard also a german station calling but FO-29 was at 
>3 degrees here too low to be workable.
>
>
>Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
>Coordonnateur AMSAT Quebec coordonnator
>AMSAT 33583
>www.qsl.net/ve2dwe 
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