[amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats

[Paul Stoetzer]

No roof access at my building, but I do have friends with common roof
areas and great views northeast. I need to line up a couple of skeds
on a low AO-7 pass and go over there!

Or move to an apartment on the north side of my building!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Mike Seguin
<n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> We need to get you a better shot to the E-NE. In the last two weeks, worked
> 2 OM's and EW on AO-7 from FN34.
>
> Mike
>
> On 2/29/2016 4:03 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>>
>> 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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> --
>
> 73,
> Mike, N1JEZ
> "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
>
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