[amsat-bb] Re: Widest split of the year award

[Zachary Beougher]

I see - at least I had part of it right.  Anyway, it was a neat concept. 
That length may have to be adjusted by a few inches. ;-)

73,

Zack
KD8KSN

-----Original Message----- 
From: Andrew Glasbrenner
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:18 PM
To: Zachary Beougher
Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Widest split of the year award

I did, but my home station wasn't part of it this time. Up from the office 
and down from Mark's via Skype.

Sent from my iPhone

On May 26, 2011, at 6:11 PM, "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn at hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> I thought you said you were downlinking from NC and transmitting from 
> Tampa??
>
> Zack
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:08 PM
> To: Zachary Beougher
> Cc: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Widest split of the year award
>
> I was actually at my office in North Tampa, with a magmount antenna out 
> the second floor window. The ground plane is a side panel from a junk pc, 
> hooked over the window frame lip!
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 26, 2011, at 5:35 PM, "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Drew, KO4MA, gets the “widest split of the year award” for his operation 
>> on AO51 this evening – uplink from his home station in FL via remote, and 
>> downlink from N8MH’s QTH in NC.  I wonder if anyone else could mount 
>> their receive and transmit setups 547.17 miles apart?  Or to put it in 
>> terms that you are more likely to deal with when assembling your station, 
>> 34,668,746.87 inches apart.
>>
>> 73!
>>
>> Zack
>> KD8SKN
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