I think the handheld ops have less trouble with the polarity switching because tend to compensate more quickly with a twist of the wrist.
At higher elevations, the fades are hardly noticeable here. At low elevations, the drop outs are similar to SO-50. It makes me wish I did have polarity switching.
73 Glenn AA5PK DM91 - San Angelo, TX
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" clintbrad4d@earthlink.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 7:59 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 - After the Change
I thought I read we were supposed to experience degraded performance from AO-51 since last week's re-orientation of the bird.
I just worked the 5:04PM Pacific Standard Time / 01:04 GMT pass from DM03. Worked three countries along the West Coast, in addition to working Texas to the East. Elaborate station equipment involved ...
-handheld radio at 2.0W -handheld dual-band Yagi
Performance seems just fine out here, folks!
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