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BID : ANS-327.05
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Subj: Operating AO-40 mobile
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 327.05 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. November 23, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-327.05
Pedro, EB4DKA, recently announced success in completing his first AO-40 QSO
while operating mobile. Pedro says, "On 15 November 2003 I worked AO-40
while mobile when the bird was 32,000 km from me and with 7.5º squint from
IM78."
For his uplink Pedro was using a Kenwood TM-455 with a comet SBB-5 dual band
mobile antenna fixed on the roof of the car. The downlink part of the
station was a Kenwood TH-F7E HT with a pair of earbuds + Wimo PA-13R-20 Flat
Panel Antenna (33cm x 33cm) with a DB6NT converter.
Describing the operation, Pedro says, "The car was stopped in the side of
the road and I was seated in my car with the flat antenna behind the window
(the antenna is smaller than the window) and the signals were very strong. I
tried to uplink to the satellite and I could hear my own downlink strong."
Pedro says, "I have worked only one station because when I started my mobile
operation the bird was near to MA 230, and I had only a few minutes." He
also adds, "I 'll try to work mobile via AO-40 more times because I travel a
lot"
[ANS thanks Pedro, EB4DKA, for the above information]
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