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S band on AO-51
- Subject: [amsat-bb] S band on AO-51
- From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:16:43 -0400
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Greetings all,
On the V/S pass at about 0020Z last night (8/16), max. elevation 8.6 degrees here, I heard my own downlink for a few minutes, sent CQs, but heard no other stations. It seemed easy to track the doppler on an ICOM IC-T7H handheld. The S-band antenna is all K5GNA--dipole with his corner reflector (and converter). Uplink was 5 watts from a TH-D7 to a 4-el yagi on a tripod.
I was pleased to be able to hear the bird so well. BUT, having seen Drew's message, I wonder if something's wrong here. Drew, if N2UN was one of the oft-repeated calls that you heard, pse let me know. I'd welcome hearing from anyone else who heard me. I don't want to be an alligator! The pass was way out east, so not hearing others may not have been unusual. I couldn't get on the following pass because it was well after dark, and I have to set everything up for each pass, tough to do in the dark.
73,
Tony, N2UN
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