[amsat-bb] Re: HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska!

[w6zkh@comcast.net]

Tim........you need one of those "Pineapple Express" come in, hoping it will stretch out their signal abit more, hi... Congrat's to you and Dale on the accomplishment though. 

John W6ZKH 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim - N3TL" <n3tl at bellsouth.net> 
To: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm at comcast.net>, amsat-bb at amsat.org 
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:39:03 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska! 

Thanks Rick! I don't have the industrial strength orbit stretcher here, so I won't be able to stretch HO-68 to Hawaii from here ... hihi. 

It'll have to be Grand Old AO-7, and I remain hopeful that will happen sometime. 

Thanks again. 

73, 

Tim 




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From: Rick - WA4NVM <wa4nvm at comcast.net> 
To: Tim - N3TL <n3tl at bellsouth.net>; amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org 
Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 12:08:10 AM 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HT + HO-68 = NE Georgia to SE Alaska! 

Way to go Tim! I heard the whole thing. You will have to put the "orbit 
stretcher" 
on HO-68 to work #50 on FM mode and QRP! Great Job! 

73 all, 

Rick WA4NVM 



> Hey everyone, 
> 
> 
> 
> At 0204 UTC on 23 January, KL7XJ and I had a quick contact on HO-68 in FM. 
> At the time, the satellite was below 4.5 degrees and descending for me. 
> I'm 
> thrilled to put state No. 49 in the log with my handheld station - a Yaesu 
> VX-7R and Elk dual-band log periodic. I never expected to get more than 
> the 
> lower 48 in my satellite log with the HT, so this is a very pleasant 
> surprise. My thanks to AMSAT-China for HO-68, and to Dale for being there 
> when it counted. 
> 
> 
> 
> 73 to all, 
> 
> 
> 
> Tim - N3TL 
> 
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