[amsat-bb] Re: Wyatt AC0RA, a skilled and dedicated operator

[Kevin Deane]

Ok whats with the third person here is Wyatt dead? I dont think so I talked to him via email today...

Kevin
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> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:39:28 -0600
> From: kayakfishtx at gmail.com
> To: aa5jg at fidmail.com
> CC: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wyatt AC0RA, a skilled and dedicated operator
> 
> Wyatt has been working on a website covering a lot of his work on the
> satellites. It has photos and descriptions of some of his gear (his
> satellite box is cool):
> 
> https://sites.google.com/site/radiostationac0ra/
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:18 PM, John Geiger <aa5jg at fidmail.com> wrote:
> > I have worked Wyatt many times on the FM sats but didn't know he was doing
> > the SSB sats until recently when I saw his posting looking for Hawaii on AO7
> > or FO29.  Do you know what he is using for a satellite radio on those sats?
> >
> > 73s John AA5JG
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clayton Coleman W5PFG"
> > <kayakfishtx at gmail.com>
> > To: "AMSAT" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:01 PM
> >
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Wyatt AC0RA, a skilled and dedicated operator
> >
> >
> > Wyatt Dirks AC0RA is very passionate about his satellite operations.
> > Having started with a home brew antenna, he has experimented with
> > several portable station configurations including LPDA’s, commercial
> > Arrows, and recently added a 13-element M2 beam.
> >
> > Just today, January 28, he made a 6,941km contact with ON4HF using
> > AO-7 mode B.   While this is several hundred kilometers below the
> > distance record for mode B contacts, it is important to note that
> > Wyatt performed this feat completely portable, without a set of
> > cross-polarized beams, without automated antenna tracking, and more
> > importantly – out in the cold Iowa weather.
> >
> > He’s recently been making contacts with other stations in Europe.
> > This does not come easily in a portable setting from the mid-USA
> > states.    Many folks who have been around for a long time, who have
> > “been there and done that,” may not see this as much of an
> > accomplishment.   I assure you if we had satellites capable of greater
> > distance contacts, Wyatt would be on them pushing the limits of their
> > capabilities with minimal equipment.
> >
> > Not only does Wyatt posses the right equipment, he demonstrates skill
> > and dedication, something uncommon in young men his age just shy of 20
> > years old.  We should encourage operators of this caliber as they will
> > be our future engineers and friends in the space frontier.
> >
> > 73,
> > Clayton
> > W5PFG
> >
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