[amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats

Tue Mar 1 11:16:51 UTC 2016

In 1979 I worked SIERRA Leone on OSCAR 7 B Mode.  Tracking was 10 mins after 
my window according to my OSCARLATOR.  I actually skipped into AO 7 with 
band enhancements.  At the time I received phone calls from several New 
England hams about the QSO.  It is not all about the HORIZON.

If there is some way you can look up the old pass you can see that was way 
out of the window from Virginia Beach, VA back then.  My call sign then was 
WA4BUE.

Has anyone else experienced enhanced propagation on the birds???

9L1NP
West Africa
Norman Price
28 February 1978
2232 GMT
432 / 145
Orbit:  15049 B

I can scan the QSL if anyone wants to see it.

God Bless

Rich
W4BUE

-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul Stoetzer
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 5:45 PM
To: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DXCC & HamSats

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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> --
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> 73,
> Mike, N1JEZ
> "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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