Friday, May 13, 2005 11:46 PM
Eric reports
Hi
Worked the bird already many
times.
Very strong downlink and
sensitive receiver.
Congratulations to all who
made HAMSAT possible!
Keep up the good work.
73
Eric, PA1TNO
Friday, May
13, 2005 7:14 PM
Bryon Dunkley-Smith reports
Hi,
I had my first satellite QSO on a linear bird since 1974 on
AO-7 when I worked VK1ZQR around 1300UTC.
Also heard him working VK3TI prior to
that.
I’m looking forward to more contacts on VO-52 following my
rekindled interest in satellites after a 30 year absence.
Thanks,
Bryon
VK3YFL
Friday, May 13, 2005 4:15 PM
Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan reports
Folks,
Last night (20th May, '05), during the pass through Bangalore
from
10.31 PM onwards, I got a chance to copy signals from Hamsat on 145.900 mhz. I heard
VU2GUR, VU2SBJ and VU2CAP. Heard someone calling CQ SATELLITE CQ
Satellite .. without giving the callsign. The pass lasted around
9-10
minutes, I guess. It was amazing that my modest setup could copy
Hamsat. This is enough inspiration for me to build a better
station. I
look forward to have a real QSO with some of you in the days to
come.
I goofed up on the elevation and had trouble with doppler shift
also.
I had to continuously change frequencies and position by trial
and
error!
Thanks ISRO/Amsat-IN for the great satellite.
-- 73 - Ramakrishnan, VU3RDD
Friday, May 13, 2005 12:10 PM
Andrea Ghilardi writes
Hi this is Andrea IK5QLO from Italy.
Despite the linear transpondeder being very crowded on the
European passes,
the satellite delivers excellent signals, an doppler effects
very well
compensated.
Congratulation to Amsat India for the great achievement!
My first QSOs on HAMSAT 12/5/05 19.35 - 1940 utc : UU1DX,
OH5LK, PH7PCF
RIG: FT847 uplink 10W to a 15el Yagi dowlink 8el yagi.
73s Andrea IK5QLO
http://www.qsl.net/ik5qlo
