[amsat-bb] Re: OM3BD QRV AO-7 next pass 0925Z July 14

[Bill Dzurilla]

I am monitoring the K4FK repeater via Echolink, node 581415, if anyone wants to talk prior to the AO-7 pass, which will be 20 minutes from now.

73, Bill 

--- On Thu, 7/14/11, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo at yahoo.com>
> Subject: OM3BD QRV AO-7 next pass 0925Z July 14
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 3:58 AM
> Anyone in N. America up early for
> AO-7 Mode B try?  On the next pass starting about
> 0925Z, my footprint will extend deep into N. America,
> Minnesota to the west and Georgia to the south.  Look
> for me on the top portion of the passband, 145.959 or
> so.  Signals were very strong on the last pass, and I
> copied the bird from my hilltop QTH to -0.5 degrees.
> 
> Has the AO-7 orbit shifted higher?  I don't recall
> such big windows to N. America last year.
> 
> 73, Bill OM3BD/NZ5N 
>