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- From: lhurder@arrl.org (Luck Hurder KY1T)
- Newsgroups: aus.radio,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.amateur.misc
- Subject: Re: Info needed on 2m & 70cm Satellite connections.
- Message-ID: <1054@arrl.org>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 09:27:23 EST
- Organization: American Radio Relay League
- Lines: 29
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- >Also is it difficult (or possible) to DX on 2m and 70cm using repeaters or
- >satellites
- >
-
- It most certainly is, Jose! While I'm not a DX'er by any stretch
- of the imagination, I do in fact enjoy collecting QSL cards from
- DX stations that I've worked on the various Amateur Radio satellites.
-
- In fact, I just received a card from HS1JC in Thailand for a Fuji-
- OSCAR-20 contact that we had last month.
-
- There's LOTS of DX on the satellites, and it's entirely possible
- to work well over a hundred countries via the satellites now.
-
- By the way, the ARRL has recently changed its VUCC program so that
- satellite contacts are allowed. That makes the chasing of grid
- squares on satellites an attractive and exciting aspect of Amateur
- Radio operation.
-
-
- | | | Deputy Manager, Field Services, ARRL.
- | |___| The ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service, the ARRL
- | uck | |urder National Traffic System, The Amateur Auxiliary to
- ------ | | the FCC's Field Operations Bureau, the ARRL
- KY1T Field Organization and the ARRL Monitoring System.
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