[amsat-bb] [Video] My best satellite demo ever - 18 QSOs

[k6vug at sbcglobal.net]

 Congrats on a wonderfully long demonstration in front of a large gathering !!!Nice harness too..
- Umesh, k6vug 




    On Sunday, April 21, 2019, 12:18:37 PM PDT, John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 https://youtu.be/QWtdyT4PYMw

A few days before my satellite demo at the Raleigh Amateur Radio
Society hamfest (RARSfest), I put the word out to satellite operators
on mailing lists, Facebooks, Twitters, and even good old fashioned web
forums, and boy did they come calling!

Without a doubt, I have never made so many QSOs (contacts) on one
satellite pass. What a great demo. Thanks to all the hams that
contacted me:

01- HP2VX - Virgilo- Panama
02 - 9Y4D - Christopher - Trinidad and Tobago
03 - N3JNX - Joseph - Pennsylvania
04- W5PFG - Clayton - Texas
05 - WH6ETF - Brandon - Florida
06 - NA1SA - Loon - Pennsylvania
07 - N4DCW - Michael - Kentucky
08 - W5RRR - Johnson Space Center - operated by John AB5SS
09 - W5CBF - Hector - Louisiana
10 - NS3L - Steve - Pennsylvania
11 - KJ4EU - Jerald - Kentucky
12 - K3RRR - Robert - Maryland
13 - K9KFX - Dru - Indiana
14 - AB1OC - Fred - New Hampshire
15 - VE2OTA - Donald - Quebec Canada
16 - N9LQ - Joel - Illonois
17 - K3RLD - Roy - Pennsylvania
18 - KE2QI - Robert - New York

This was on the 2019-04-20 - 1719 UTC - AO-91 pass.

Equipment:

Alaskan Arrow antenna with two of three boom sections assembled.
Kenwood TM-V71A
Bioenno 12V 9aH LiFePO4

You can see my FM mobile radio body support system here:

https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/mobile-radio-body-support/

RARSfest:
https://www.rarsfest.org/

Sponsored by Nordic PC, M2 Antenna Systems, Arrow Antenna, and Dog
Park Software.

https://nordicpc.com
https://m2inc.com
https://dogparksoftware.com
http://arrowantennas.com

Vertical video ;-) courtesy Jelmer Tiete @jelmt, also the thumbnail is
from him. Thanks Jelmer!

73, John Brier KG4AKV
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