Working the Amateur Radio Satellites from Mexico

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK has made available videos of contacts he made during a trip to Mexico via the Amateur Radio satellites SO-50 and AO-51.

On the AMSAT bulletin board he writes:

After my first attempt at uploading videos to YouTube last night, I found 3 video clips from my trip to Mexicali last year. One clip was from part of an SO-50 pass, and the other two were during a shallow AO-51 pass, all on 22 February 2009. These videos were made by David XE2DAK using his Sony digital (still-photo) camera, so the video quality is not the greatest.

These clips were from passes I worked in the city of Mexicali - near the state university, and at Mexicali's "Ciudad Deportiva" (Sports City) athletic complex.

The SO-50 pass video can be seen here:

The two clips from the AO-51 pass -

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