[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever!
Congrats, Steve! It's a feeling you will never forget. (Mine was 18 years ago - RS-10 - and I can still remember like it was yesterday.) Greg KO6TH Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:29:03 -0700 From: davism...@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; work-...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! I am so excited right now that I can barely type because I'm dancing a jig. AO-51 was working fine for the 2158Z, 4-13-2011 pass over my QTH (EM95md) during which I made my FIRST successful satellite QSO ever with K8YSE. Thank You K8YSE!! My apologies to K8YSE for getting a bit tongue-tied but I was so excited to hear him repeat my call sign back and ask for the QSL that I about swallowed the microphone :-) What makes it even better was the fact that I make it a point of recording the passes so I have an audio recording of my first AO-51 QSO. A big thanks to K6LCS (Clint) and his web site http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Home.html for all the tips and inspiration to give satellites a try. WooHoo!! 73, Steve KJ4FEL ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever!
John K8YSE was my first satellite contact also and I am betting for many others. At the time I wasn't aware of the site with the recordings. It was an early morning pass and by the time I went to work and checked email he had looked up my address and sent me a link to the recording. Way beyond the call of duty. Maybe there should be an award for delivering the most first contacts WAV or WASC? have fun deciding what the acronyms mean and congrats on your first contact, KN4GE From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] on behalf of Zachary Beougher [zack.kd8...@hotmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2011 18:18 To: Stephen Davis; Amsat - BBs Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! Hi Steve, Unfortunately, there is no known cure for the bug that just bit you. You will have to put up with the side effects for the rest of your life. ;-) Congrats! Zack KD8KSN -Original Message- From: Stephen Davis Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 5:29 PM To: Amsat - BBs ; work-...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! I am so excited right now that I can barely type because I'm dancing a jig. AO-51 was working fine for the 2158Z, 4-13-2011 pass over my QTH (EM95md) during which I made my FIRST successful satellite QSO ever with K8YSE. Thank You K8YSE!! My apologies to K8YSE for getting a bit tongue-tied but I was so excited to hear him repeat my call sign back and ask for the QSL that I about swallowed the microphone :-) What makes it even better was the fact that I make it a point of recording the passes so I have an audio recording of my first AO-51 QSO. A big thanks to K6LCS (Clint) and his web site http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Home.html for all the tips and inspiration to give satellites a try. WooHoo!! 73, Steve KJ4FEL ___ 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 ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever!
There is something very intrinsically powerfull about this process/event. I hear it time and time again. For me it was RS12. Why does hearing your call/name or your own voice come back from a little box several hundred high, traveling at about 17,000 miles per hour have such a moving impact in our minds and lives? As I mentioned in a earlier post, the novelty never really gets old. I just recently got my mobile rig up and running and it was RS12 all over again! I accept the fact we or most of us are part of a unique group of individuals that derive profound pleasure in this activity. I have tried to explain this to normal people and they just look at me funny. At times I center my day around a computer print out. My xyl has jokingly said ,you need a intervention. There is no doubt in my mind this post will strike a nerve to many readers. see you on the birds 73 Bob W7LRD - Original Message - From: Greg D. ko6th_g...@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 11:28:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! Congrats, Steve! It's a feeling you will never forget. (Mine was 18 years ago - RS-10 - and I can still remember like it was yesterday.) Greg KO6TH Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:29:03 -0700 From: davism...@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; work-...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! I am so excited right now that I can barely type because I'm dancing a jig. AO-51 was working fine for the 2158Z, 4-13-2011 pass over my QTH (EM95md) during which I made my FIRST successful satellite QSO ever with K8YSE. Thank You K8YSE!! My apologies to K8YSE for getting a bit tongue-tied but I was so excited to hear him repeat my call sign back and ask for the QSL that I about swallowed the microphone :-) What makes it even better was the fact that I make it a point of recording the passes so I have an audio recording of my first AO-51 QSO. A big thanks to K6LCS (Clint) and his web site http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Home.html for all the tips and inspiration to give satellites a try. WooHoo!! 73, Steve KJ4FEL ___ 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 ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever!
Hi Steve, Unfortunately, there is no known cure for the bug that just bit you. You will have to put up with the side effects for the rest of your life. ;-) Congrats! Zack KD8KSN -Original Message- From: Stephen Davis Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 5:29 PM To: Amsat - BBs ; work-...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever! I am so excited right now that I can barely type because I'm dancing a jig. AO-51 was working fine for the 2158Z, 4-13-2011 pass over my QTH (EM95md) during which I made my FIRST successful satellite QSO ever with K8YSE. Thank You K8YSE!! My apologies to K8YSE for getting a bit tongue-tied but I was so excited to hear him repeat my call sign back and ask for the QSL that I about swallowed the microphone :-) What makes it even better was the fact that I make it a point of recording the passes so I have an audio recording of my first AO-51 QSO. A big thanks to K6LCS (Clint) and his web site http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Home.html for all the tips and inspiration to give satellites a try. WooHoo!! 73, Steve KJ4FEL ___ 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
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 is Working Fine - My First Satellite QSO Ever!
Steve, People like you are the reason that Drew KO4MA and I dropped what we were doing/ran home from work early today to turn AO-51 back on. Happy to hear about your first QSO! Congrats. Hope to catch you in the log. 73, Mark N8MH At 02:29 PM 4/13/2011 -0700, Stephen Davis wrote: I am so excited right now that I can barely type because I'm dancing a jig. AO-51 was working fine for the 2158Z, 4-13-2011 pass over my QTH (EM95md) during which I made my FIRST successful satellite QSO ever with K8YSE. Thank You K8YSE!! My apologies to K8YSE for getting a bit tongue-tied but I was so excited to hear him repeat my call sign back and ask for the QSL that I about swallowed the microphone :-) What makes it even better was the fact that I make it a point of recording the passes so I have an audio recording of my first AO-51 QSO. A big thanks to K6LCS (Clint) and his web site http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Home.html for all the tips and inspiration to give satellites a try. WooHoo!! 73, Steve KJ4FEL ___ 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
