Drew, I believe your reference was to N4ZC.
There are some old (2002) posts on amsat-bb about his exploits: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200203/msg00005.html http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200202/msg00708.html http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200202/msg00712.html 73, Jerry, K5OE On 3/12/2011 7:25 PM, Bill Dzurilla wrote: > I was giving a presentation at our club meeting called Working DX on the >Satellites and afterwards someone had a good question: is it at all possible >that tropo, skip, or other form of enhanced propagation can enable a contact >via a satellite below the horizon? > > It has never happened to me. Has it ever happened? > > It was relatively commonplace with RS-12 on Mode K, 15m up, 10m down. There was one guy in North Carolina I think that worked dxcc on RS-12/13. He was my first satellite QSO in 1992 or so, and was always on. I can't remember the call, but it was a 1x2 I think. I imagine it would be at least possible on other birds and higher bands with strong tropo. Jerry, KK5YY told me about doing that on AO-27 or UO-14 from Alaska over the ocean. I've not experienced it though. 73, Drew KO4MA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
