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<H1>AO-16 Spans the Atlantic </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Radio Hams have been making contacts across the Atlantic
using the Amateur Radio Satellite AO-16, which was recently reconfigured for
voice operation. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>On the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) <STRONG>Robert
G8ATE</STRONG> reports working <STRONG>CU2JX</STRONG> in the Azores followed by
VE3NPC in Ottowa, Canada. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>He did that running just 5 watts to a 6 element Quad
antenna.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>AO-16 is unusual in that it's uplink is FM but the
downlink is SSB (more precisely DSB see link below) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The uplink is 145.920 FM, and the downlink is 437.026 SSB
+/- Doppler shift. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Amateur Radio Satellite AO-16 reconfigured </FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2008/ao16_reconfigured.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2008/<BR>ao16_reconfigured.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>AMSAT Online Satellite Predictions (select AO-16):
<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/maillist.php"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/maillist.php</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Satscape Satellite Tracker:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.satscape.co.uk/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.satscape.co.uk/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The United Kingdom Amateur Satellite organisation
<STRONG>AMSAT-UK</STRONG> publishes a quarterly newsletter full of the latest
information on Amateur Satellites. <BR>Join now online at </FONT><A
href="https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subscription/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subscription/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>For further information contact the secretary J<STRONG>im
Heck G3WGM</STRONG><BR>Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959<BR>Email: </FONT><A
href="mailto:g3wgm@amsat.org"><FONT
face=Verdana>g3wgm@amsat.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Verdana>Web: </FONT><A
href="http://www.uk.amsat.org/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.uk.amsat.org/</FONT></A><BR></P>
<P><!-- AddThis Bookmark Button BEGIN --><FONT face=Arial>Fonte: <FONT
face="Times New Roman">The Southgate Amateur Radio
Club.</FONT></FONT><BR></P></BODY></HTML>