14 Jul
2011
14 Jul
'11
1:26 p.m.
I've been able to fit up a pre-amp to my Arrow. I have a ARR 432 switched pre-amp with it's own battery pack on the 432-side of the arrow to hear better on low (<10 deg) passes. Still using the FT-530 HT with a headset.
There were two low Atlantic passes this morning, one each on AO-27 and AO-51. From FN42IO I heard EA1QS on the first (5 deg), and worked a GW0 on the second -- 3050 miles, on a 8 deg pass.
Went back out later in the afternoon for a mid-US pass, and low and behold, there's a San Diego station on (2550 miles)... listen to the last 10 secs of this recording for the punch line:
http://www.papays.com/sat/AO-27_14Jul2011_191720z.mp3
Almost....
Bill W1PA