[amsat-bb] Satellite Activity - JA vs. NA

[Paul Stoetzer]

I was browsing the AAR29 satellite logger site yesterday
(http://aar29.free.fr/sat/indexlogin.html) and noticed that JO2ASQ
reported working 24 different stations on a pass of AO-73 on February
28th and 28 on a pass on February 14th.

2016-02-14 00:01:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF   JH4MGU JA3FWT JH4RNY JH1EMH JM1SBU
JA9AOB JA3PXH JG6CDH JK3HFN JA3HEO JR8QFG JF1CQH JH1UVJ/4 JR0BUL
JH3XCU/1 JF2IMU JA1VVH JE4KQH JM1FBF JI3OQO 7L3AEO (28 QSOS, CW&SSB)
DE JO2ASQ/3

2016-02-28 01:18:00 JO2ASQ PM85MF   JA3PXH JH1RYE JA1VDJ JH4MGU JE4KQH
JA3HEO JL1SAM JM1SBU JK3HFN JG6CDH JA1SJV JA1VVH JH6TYD JA3HEO JA7KPI
JH1EMH JN1VXL JO1LDY/1 7L3AEO JF2IMU/2 JA3FWT DS2BWU 24 QSOS (CW 22,
SSB 2) DE JO2ASQ/2

That's absolutely incredible! I'd love to see a pass like that here in
the United States - on any of the many linear transponder satellites
we have passing all times of day these days - AO-7, FO-29, AO-73,
XW-2A, XW-2C, and XW-2F all work great, but FO-29 passes are the only
ones where there is really much activity heard.

Let's use the satellites!

73,

Paul, N8HM