Re: [amsat-bb] FD thanks from VE7SUN

[Ernie <ag8y@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dino,

Thanks for the QSO with me on field day. I was running a 22" offset 
dish with a 5.75 turn helix feed and 3731 converter. The beacon was 
only about 3 S-units above the noise, (looking through trees).Uplink
was a 7 element Arrow beam and 50 watts. We had some trouble hearing 
ourselves but were excited when you heard our call on CW. I'll send 
a card if you will qsl.

That was my first AO-40 QSO. 

73 Ernie W8EH



Dino wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is Dino, VE7XDT, operator of the Delta Radio Club Station VE7SUN.
> I would like to say Thank You all for the 89 CW and SSB contacts during
> Field Day.
> I am new to the AO40 and this was my first Field Day ever.
> My set up was in the open field near Boundary Airport, south from
> Vancouver, BC.
> The downlink was 4 ft Channel Master offset dish, 5.5 turn helix feed ,
> AIDC 3731 down converter. Uplink was FT736, 25W into 88 element Jay Beam
> antenna.
> 
> Just for reference on the FT736 S meter:
> 1. Using 4 ft Channel Master offset dish :Noise S-5, Beacon S-9+ ,
> Signals were from S-6 -S-8+
> 2. Using 2 ft offset dish - beacon was 6 db less (one full S unit)
> 
> 73!
> Dino
> ve7xdt@rac.ca
> 
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