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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 335.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. December 1, 2002
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-335.05
** ANS welcomes the opportunity to publish your good news of success in
working a new satellite, new DX, new mode, etc. We also print reports
about what space related activities your local satellite groups and ham
clubs are doing. Send your operating reports to JoAnne (wb9jej@amsat.org)
and they will be printed here.
** Jack N1BGG wrote about his first satellite contact this week. As he
told it, "My first satellite contact was on UO-14 and it was a thrill.
Although, it seems to me a little crazy to send my signal all the way up
and back to make my first contact only 10 miles away! Hi hi!" After
that first, memorable contact with K3KO he has made many more contacts
via the satellite.
** Francisco CT1EAT scored his first AO-40 contact as his reward for an
extensive troubleshooting session to get his satellite station working.
He wrote, "After several hours spent looking for a solution of feeding
12 V to the converter, I remembered my Drake was supplied with a bias tee.
Well, I plugged it in , tuned the radio, and I couldn't believe that I
was listening to the AO40 Main Beacon, getting an S4 with the satellite
out at 60000 km!"
This was his first try. He continues, "Amazing. Not even in my best
expectations I would have dreamed it. I aimed the dish in the rain,
and angle pointing was just a wild guess. Lucky guess, I would say!"
"I spent the next hour tuning around, and trying to find my downlink.
It was tougher than expected, but around 2345 I had established a table
with uplink and downlink frequencies."
"Now all I needed was to call CQ. And a few minutes later W7UPF replied
to my call. That was my first QSO on the 'big bird'! When I was about to
QRT, K0BLT called me and we had a quick chat. Now, I'm tired, but happy.
Thanks Don and Frank for my first night on AO40, and all you who helped
me to accomplished it! See you soon on AO-40."
[ANS thanks and congratulates N1BGG and CT1EAT for this week's operating
news.]
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