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<div>I made a QSO thru OSCAR 100 2 weeks ago. But wasn't in North America</div><div><br></div><div>It is said that a QSO is possible from Nova Scotia, But no one there to give it a try.</div><div><br></div><div>I've got CP Patch feeds that I used. Kent WA5VJB<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 8:27:03 AM CDT, KC9SGV via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979"><div><div>I will take one in Chicago !</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Still think we can hit QO-100 with CW at least, at 0 deg elevation out over Lake Michigan.</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Read somewhere that 10 Watts at the feed point will give ~2.5 KW ERP out of a 1 m dish...</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Depending on the specs.</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Diffraction, refraction and tropo scatter.</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Remember the GEO sat sits at 36000 Km above Africa.</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Weird, about 75 deg magnetic az and -25 deg el from Chicago.</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Worth a test shot.</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">But, we really need/want our own all mode GEO sat or commercial solution transponder above the Americas !</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">Bernard,</div><div id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979AppleMailSignature">KC9SGV<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979yqt5775355299" id="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979yqt02064"><div><br clear="none">On Apr 30, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Dan White via Ground-Station <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Michelle,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>I'll be at Hamvention and can pickup a dish there.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Also, I'm willing to haul a few more back to the Chicago area (60min drive from Midway) for others to pickup that won't be in Dayton. Conditioned on them fitting in my '12 CRV :)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>--Dan AD0CQ</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979gmail_quote"><div class="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 2:22 PM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Operation 1.2m Dish Pickup: Dayton Hamvention 2019!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Doug Phelps will be at Dayton with transportation. He can take 10-15 of the free 1.2m dishes to Dayton for pickup.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I will send out a separate email directly to everyone that said they want one for potential coordination. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you are driving to Dayton, and are interested in a nice Andrews 1.2m offset feed dish, and missed out on this the first time around, then here is your chance! Forming the "Dayton List" now. <br clear="none"><br clear="all"><div><div class="ydpf48b148dyiv8617194979gmail-m_-7264129603416053569gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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