[amsat-bb] Re: LEO DX RS-6 and RS-8

[BEA]

Please remove my Dad from your forward list. He is terminally ill.
Thanks, Jim Dunfield(son)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy MacAllister" <w5acm at swbell.net>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:13 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LEO DX RS-6 and RS-8


> The UA0's were just a bit beyond my horizon. The JA's were only a dream or
> required Mode K with HF skip!
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John W Lee" <k6yk at juno.com>
> To: <w5acm at swbell.net>
> Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LEO DX RS-6 and RS-8
>
>
>>I haven't checked for distance, but
>> I did work  a JA  on  one of those RS's  and a couple of
>> UAO's.
>>
>> 73
>> JOhn K6YK
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:22:57 -0500 "Andy MacAllister" <w5acm at swbell.net>
>> writes:
>>> I have been looking through my QSO info on and off, for a while now,
>>> digging
>>> for my QSO to Germany via AO-7B, in the early 1980's. It hasn't
>>> surfaced
>>> yet, but I did run across two QSL cards from DC9ZP for contacts from
>>> my
>>> previous QTH in Pearland, Texas to Sorup, Germany via RS-6 and RS-8
>>> in 1982.
>>> Manfred calculated the distance to be 8262.23 km. My calculation is
>>> more
>>> like 8225 km.
>>>
>>> Has anyone been working up DX lists for RS-6 and RS-8?
>>>
>>> 73 de Andy W5ACM
>>>
>>>
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