[amsat-bb] Anyone on CAS-4B?!

[Jeff Johns]

Also in North America. The CAS satellites are SO easy to hear and work. 

Jeff WE4B 

> On May 5, 2019, at 2:10 AM, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> And I thought people were supposed to be working during the daytime, hi hi!
> 
> Anyway, my first ever sat QSO was on CAS-4B and I do see at least one station using CAS-4A/B whenever I can monitor them. But YB0NXX is right, we can use more operators of linear birds in Asia.
> 
> 73 de Hans
> 
> BX2ABT
> 
> 
>> On 05/05/2019 10:37 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> Hi Don!
>> 
>> Current pass times for the CAS-4 satellites may have something
>> to do with the small number of stations, at least for North
>> America. With pass times in the evening and into the night
>> right now, many passes would be quiet. Compare that
>> to late March, when CAS-4 passes were during the daytime
>> for North America. I had fun working the many passes
>> on both CAS-4 satellites from locations in Arizona and New
>> Mexico. When more of the passes are in daylight, or at
>> least not during the night, you'll hear more stations.
>> 
>> 73!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
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>> On Saturday, May 4, 2019, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> It has been interesting how quiet the XW's and CAS-4's have been at times
>>> over the US. I'm not up on how big footprints are of the different
>>> satellites, but it seems like MOST of the US would be in the footprint yet
>>> there might be 1 or 2 stations on a pass.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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