[AReU] RE: AO 40 Satellite Contact

[Mike Sprenger]

Greetings,

Merry Christmas (A bit Late) and a Safe and Happy New Year.

I believe I would be amiss if I didn't say that the road would have been
quite a bit longer in getting on AO-40 without the super help from Tony,
the discussions we had on the AO-40 satellite at a half dozen or so AREU
meetings, Ed having the "Just Right" Azimuth Rotor at one AREU meeting, and
the 2.4ghz antenna testing one saturday.

Ham Radio has never been a more enjoyable experience than lately (even
though I now have the least amount of time for it).

So, Thanks to Tony, and Thanks to the AREU group.

The subsequent question:  Who's ready to get their AO-40 station up and
running next ?

73.
Mike (W4UOO)
Mike Sprenger <mikesprenger@attglobal.net>

>List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/areu/>
>Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:47:36 -0500
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>I made an SSB contact today with Mike (W4UOO) down in Riverview. 
>Mike has been working on his AO40 station for a few months now and 
>he finally brought it together today. The satellite co-operated with a 
>good orbital position this afternoon and Mike called to get me on 
>the air. We were very close to the same frequency on the first call 
>which is a major accomplishment when you need to be within 500 hz 
>at 2401 MHz. Signals were marginal but Mike only has an 11 element 
>linear polarized antenna with about 50 watts from his rig. It's good 
>enough however as I could hear him 100%. 
>
>Hopefully we can have a fairly large round table satellite QSO with some 
>guys in the Brandon area soon. 
>
>My congratulations to Mike on a job well done!!!!
>
>73
>
>Tony
>
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