<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I just looked at the AZ/EL table and agree with you....<br><br></div>But it being the daytime, the MUF is >30 MHz, and so your 10M xmissions are going to be getting bent back down towards the earth anyway...<br>
<br></div>After reading the technical FAQ, it looks like what they are hoping is for enough RF to be charging the ionosphere that it might be detectable...so just keep shooting RF into the ionosphere! <br><br></div>None of the signals are going to be getting out via LOS past the ionosphere directly to the thing as in a normal VHF sat contact anyway....<br>
<br>Go go ionospheric charging go !! <br><br>:-)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:55 PM, David McKenzie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">surely<br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:54 PM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Off topic - but I'd just like to inform everyone....<br><br></div>I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE EFF BACK HOME!! YIPEEEEEE !!!! ONLY 3 WEEKS LEFT!!!<br>
<br></div><div>Anyone gonna be around and want to hang out when I get back?<br>
</div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:51 PM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Where are you at? How so? The best time is still 19.21 UTC no matter what...no? Which is in 30 minutes...<br>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:49 PM, David McKenzie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">the best time here just expired<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:47 PM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Well 40 mins....<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:46 PM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Best time to do it will be in an hour when it makes it's closest approach down over South America....<br>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:41 PM, David McKenzie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">i did it for a bit<br><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:32 PM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Point your beams! KEY ! KEY ! KEY !! This is pretty cool ;-)<br></div><div><div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:48 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kc1wj@kc1wj.com" target="_blank">kc1wj@kc1wj.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That's some mighty slow CW<div><div><br>
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