All systems go for the trip to the border tomorrow, Tuesday. Set up my mobile station today for a dry run at a nearby field, nice strong signals on VO-52 down to the horizon.
I hope a few USA and Canadian hams from Wisconsin to North Carolina will wake up early and give me a call on AO-7 tomorrow July 12 starting around 0933Z. This will probably be my only pass from the border. I will look for Europeans before the footprint reaches North America. 73, Bill On Jul 10, 2011, at 22:49, Bill Dzurilla i<billdz....@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm going to make a portable AO-7 satellite attempt this Tuesday July 10 from > JN88na, at the spot where Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria touch each other. > Prior to 1989, this was part of the Iron Curtain, where the Communist regimes > in Czechoslovakia and Hungary tried to keep their people from going to > Austria. Now, it is just a field with a border marker. > > My AOS will be at 0933Z and North America will be in the window for several > minutes. Hope to work several of you, look for me at the high end of the > passband. > > 73, > Bill NZ5N/OM3BD > > _______________________________________________ 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
