[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite contact between Cuba and Ireland

[ec4tr.luis]

Congratulations Hector, good contact, hopefully we'll get lucky on Saturday 6
and got the qso, so would break your Record with Spain.
73's Luis
EC4TR

2013/4/4 Hector, CO6CBF <co6cbf at frcuba.co.cu>

> Hello to all
>
>
>
> I am pleased to report that today I had my first contact on satellites with
> Ireland.  Joe, EI5EV and I completed it successfully on FO-29. We had just
> a
> 66 seconds window but there was enough time to exchange reports and
> greetings. I believe that it is the first contact between Ireland and Cuba
> on FO-29! It is a 4321.7 mi (6955.1 km) contact!
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> Our first attempt was yesterday but Joe couldn't find me on the passband.
> We
> made a schedule again and we tried to be more accurate on frequencies
> calculation. Doppler is always in play!
>
> We did the calculations based on the great feature implemented on SatPC32
> V12.8b. There is an   option of seeing the frequency you are at the
> satellite receiver.  This was our common reference point. I was very
> satisfied when I heard Joe exactly on the frequency I was expecting!
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>
>
> I was operating portable from a tall building `s roof which allows me a
> great horizon visibility forwarding Europe. I was running my new FT-817nd,
> a
> 30W power amplifier and a homebrew ARROW antenna with a homebrew mast
> mounted preamplifier. Everything was supplied by two 12V 7A Gel batteries.
>
>
>
> Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint. Please, if you are into the footprint
> and want to try a long distance contact, just drop me an email. I will try
> until complete a contact with you.
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>
>
> Thanks very much to Joe for this great contact!
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> 73!
>
> Hector, CO6CBF
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> El92sd
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