[amsat-bb] WD9EWK and AO-51 V/S, Saturday (2 Sep) morning

Hi!

I took a short drive to a nearby park that straddles 112 degrees West longitude (the DM33/DM43 boundary), and set up for a low western pass for AO-51 around 1808-1818 UTC. Maximum elevation was only 10 degrees, but I wanted to give it a try with my portable V/S setup I've started using. No contacts, but I know I could hear the S-band downlink from about 4 or 5 degrees elevation from that location. I had a lot of time to talk to myself. :-) An impressive thing, the AO-51 S-band downlink. Very easy to hear even at low elevation, and I'm hoping to try at least one pass tonight and one Sunday morning before the mode change.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona USA http://www.wd9ewk.net/