[amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats

[Paul Stoetzer]

Theoretically, it is certainly possible for the eastern United States
and most of Europe. There are around 130 DXCCs within AO-7's footprint
of approximately 7,900 km. DXCC was done a few times solely on LEO in
the late 1970s and early 1980s with AO-6, AO-7, and the early RS
satellites.

However, most of those have no satellite activity. I have worked 54
DXCCs myself, but only 24 of 50 in North America plus 22 in Europe, 6
in South America, and 2 in Africa.

The issue is getting activity in many of these other entities! If you
know of anyone in or going to any of these places, please get them on
the air!

See the following breakdown (just an estimate, there are likely small
portions of other entities in the footprint as well)

Worked:

North America (24)
4U
CO
FG
FJ
FM
FP
FS
HH
J3
J6
J7
J8
K
KL
KP1
KP2
KP4
PJ5
TG
VE
VP2M
VP2V
XE
ZF

South America (6)
9Y
FY
HC
HK
PY
YV

Africa (2)
CT3
EA8

Europe (22)
CT
CU
DL
EA
EI
F
G
GI
GJ
GM
GW
I
LA
LX
OH
ON
OY
OZ
PA
SM
SP
TF

Not worked, but within footprint:

North America (26)
6Y
8P
C6
CY0
CY9
FO0
HI
HK0
HP
HR
KG4
KP5
OX
PJ7
TI
TI9
V2
V3
V4
VP2E
VP5
VP9
XF4
YN
YS
YV0

Africa (14)
3V
3X
5A
5T
5U
6W
7X
C5
CN
D4
EA9
EL
J5
S0

Oceania (1)
KH6

Asia (1)
UA9

Europe (19)
C3
EA6
ES
GD
GU
HB
I
JW
JX
LY
OH0
OJ0
OK
OM
TK
UA
UA2
YL
ZB

South America (12)
8R
CE
CP
HC8
HK0
OA
P4
PJ2
PJ4
PY0F
PY0P
PZ

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Rupert Hamblin
<rupert.hamblin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was interested to read the ARRL article on KO4MA receiving the DXCC award
> worked on satellites, which got me thinking. So here's my question...
>
> Taking into account today's available / workable amateur satellites - is it
> possible for an operator based in the UK/Europe or US, to work 100
> different countries via satellite..?
> (Obviously taking into account the station setup..)
>
> Thanks for your feedback !
>
> Cheers
>
> RH / G0TKZ
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