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<H1><FONT size=5>Viet Nam DXpedition plans include ham radio satellite
operation</FONT></H1>
<P><FONT size=2>The <STRONG>3W6C-Team</STRONG> will activate Côn Có Island
(AS-185) near Viet Nam on amateur radio satellites from April 10-18, 2010.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The crew use a FT-897 transceiver with <STRONG>homebrewed
"Easysat" antenna for 2m and 70cm</STRONG> and a homebrewed 10m cross dipole for
AO-7 Mode A.<BR><BR>The <STRONG>team plans to use AO-07*, AO-51*, HO-68*, SO-50,
and SO-67</STRONG>. (*first priority on passes when the satellite team is
available.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>AO-07 will be activated in SBB/CW-mode and ll other satellites
will be in FM-mode.<BR><BR>The main areas in the footprint are: East-Asia,
Japan, China, India, Australia and east part of Russia. If possible, the
3W6C-Team will use some DX-Windows to near East and west part of
Russia.<BR><BR>The main-operator for Satellite will be Hans-Peter, HB9BXE. The
satellite station will be operating in manual mode without automatic doppler
correction or tracking. <BR><BR>On AO-7 expect him to search the his downlink
frequency +/- 5KHz to establish contacts. If there is a pileup on the satellites
please transmit only your callsign, signal strength and gridsquare.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>All DXpedition crew members are primary shortwave operators. So
please be patient if they have some difficulty with satellite
operation.<BR><BR>For additional information and operating plan, please see the
3W6C Website: </FONT><A href="http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch/" target=_blank><FONT
size=2>http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch</FONT></A><FONT size=2>.</FONT> </P>
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<H1><FONT size=5>Greenland on ham radio satellites</FONT> </H1>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG>Reid, N0RC</STRONG> plans to operate on FM amateur radio
satellites from Thule, Greenland (Grid FQ56) for one month starting March
23.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Reid describes his plans, "I will try to use satellites that
uplink on VHF, because my transmissions on UHF would interfere with the BMEWS
radar on base. I'll need to determine if BMEWS interferes with UHF downlink
which will affect my satellite operation."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Reid's schedule will be as work/passes/weather permits. He plans
to primarily operate the FM satellites due to equipment limitations. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>He plans some HF operating in between passes. Look for
<STRONG>OX3RC</STRONG> on the satellites and on HF starting March 23.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Reid concludes, "I cannot give a specific time of operation
because my primary mission is work, and my work schedule is dependent on
weather." </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Since he will not have a set operating schedule Reid will
<BR>send out an email right before I go on the air for that time
period.<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Reid has setup an email list on Google Groups:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://groups.google.com/group/ox-thule-2010" target=_blank><FONT
size=2>http://groups.google.com/group/ox-thule-2010</FONT></A></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>