I remember working Oscar 7 back about '81..'82. I homebrewed a stack of 4, 11 element 2m yagis just for the purpose. I used a Kenwood TR-9000 (I think) for the uplink and a Kenwood TS-520s for the downlink. I don't even remember how we used to determine when the passes were but I think it had something to do with info published in QST. Soon after that, life interfered and I was inactive for many years. The most sad thing is that I didn't save my old logbooks. So, If by some odd chance, someone has a record of a contact with WD9JFY on the old bird, please let me know. Hindsight is always 20-20. :-((
Chuck, KM9U (EX WD9JFY) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Guimont" <dguim...@san.rr.com> To: "Thomas Doyle" <tomdoyle1...@gmail.com> Cc: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 16:44 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oscar-10 > Hello Tom Doyle! > > We worked Oscar 8, mode J on 23mar82 at 1520Z...I've got #219 > entered in the remarks column, whatever that means, maybe Mode J > club??? With a check in the qsl column so I assume we exchanged cards.. > > So you can count San Diego county if that still works??? > > Counties to me mean hunting boundaries.. > > Lots of familiar calls....any other OT's still around?? > > I have done the same thing with my logbooks over the past 31 years, > with quite a few big gaps....FM seems to make sort of a buzzing in my > fillings??? > > >>If you have not been on satellites for a really long time (> 20 years) you >>may find this interesting. It explains why us old geezers say the old days >>were amazing. If you were on decades ago it may bring back memories. >> >>I have been getting back into hamming after a long hiatus and have been >>listening to the satellites for a month or two while working on a >>controller >>project and decided it was time to try and make a contact. Thanks to K4MOA >>and W5MPC, today I made my first sat contacts in a very long time. A >>little >>later I almost made a cw contact (used my trusty old J-38 key) on another >>sat but lost him. I told you this was interesting and really exciting. >> >>Thought I had better log the contacts and started looking for a logbook. >>Found a old slightly yellowed logbook with Oscar-10 written on the cover. >>As >>a group we hams (including me) are pretty cheap so I had saved this >>logbook >>because there were empty pages still left in it. I entered my new contacts >>on a fresh page (decided to splurge) and then looked back and found it was >>my first sat contact since 1983. I know you are still waiting for the >>exciting part. >> >>Here is a typical page from the log. I am in Wisconsin and believe it or >>not >>I had pile ups of europeans wanting to work Wisconsin of all things. It >>was >>a real thrill. Times change and I now have two grid squares - not sure >>what >>they are for but I have two and feel the need for more. There are 29 empty >>pages left in the logbook so I am good to go. Hope to work you. >> >>http://www.tomdoyle.org/satellite/Amsat-1983.jpg >> >>73 tom... W9KE >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > > 73, Dave, WB6LLO > dguim...@san.rr.com > > Disagree: I learn.... > > Pulling for P3E... > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
