[amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 milliwatt CW

[n3tl@bellsouth.net]

No doubt. I've gotten lazy with the ability to work from a shack, such as it is, and write down contacts. That didn't serve me well this evening.
-------------- Original message from "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola at aol.com>: -------------- 


> Maybe time to get that tape recorder back out?? 
> 
> Roger 
> WA1KAT 
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:18 PM 
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 milliwatt CW 
> 
> 
> > Hey everyone, 
> > 
> > I worked the AO-7 pass just after 00:00 UTC here because it had a maximum 
> elevation for me of almost 89 degrees. I wanted to see how much, if any, my 
> ability to work would expand when runninng a half-watt if a used CW instead 
> of SSB. 
> > 
> > On this pass, at least, I had a copyable signal from 30 degrees to 30 
> degrees, and made a partial contact at 00:15 UTC with a station whose call 
> sign I did not fully copy - which is totally my fault. The call was WA4 (or, 
> at least, that's what I copied), but I didn't catch the suffix. The signal 
> faded slightly, and I didn't ask for a repeat. That's embarrassing, and I 
> apologize to the operator for that. When he called me, AO-7 was below 35 
> degrees. I reported a 589 to him, and he gave me a 559, which exceeded my 
> expectations. When we finished the QSO, AO-7 was at 28 degrees elevation to 
> my location, and I faded into the noise. 
> > 
> > It'll take a few more passes, at least, to say with some measure of 
> certainty, but it appears that, for my station, I probably can expect to 
> have workable signals at a half-watt out on AO-7 at 50 degrees elevation and 
> above in SSB, and at 30 degrees elevation and above in CW. Given the 
> compromises I choose to have with a fully portable station, that's not to 
> bad for milliwatts. 
> > 
> > 73 to all, 
> > 
> > Tim - N3TL 
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