Thank you, Clint. I thought that might be the case. I will see if I can get a portable operation together and use my Arrow antenna out in the backyard and see how that goes. Any further suggestions are still very welcome! Steve Kristoff AI9IN EM79ji Oldenburg IN skristof@etczone.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" clintbradford@mac.com To: "amsat-bb@amsat org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:23 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 Telemetry Reception
Since you are successful with other birds, it may be the times you are working '73 are when it is in its 30mW mode. And even a modest beam points its way will out-perform the vertical. Heck, we heard it on its 30mW mode at the Palm Springs HamFest a couple Saturdays ago with just a tape measure beam.
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