[amsat-bb] Sat DX

[Clare Fowler]

Of the 227 countries I have worked on satellite my most
memorable one was with HC8/XE1KK (Galapagos)
on UO-14.  UO-14 was a single channel FM bird 
with an altitude of about 800 km.

The distance from my QTH to there is 3277 miles
which by itself is no record.

I had worked Ramon on 10 meters and I mentioned
I spent most of my time on satellites.  He immediately
came back saying he was working sats from there and
he would love a contact with me.  I looked at Instant Track
and found we had a mutual window  for about 3 minutes 
the next day with a max elevation of about 3 degrees
for each of us.
  
As well the path would be over North America in the   
afternoon with lots of activity for QRM. 

I didnt have much hope I would hear him let alone 
make an exchange. However we managed to
do just that. I have his card dated 27 Mar 2002

Clare 
VE3NPC