After an absence of 16 years, I'm back on the birds. A lot has changed but trying to catch up. Here is my setup
FT847 Cushcraft A270-6 (3&3) mounted on a 10 ft sked 40 pvc on my back deck. Tilted to approx 20 deg el.
When i first got the 847 a couplemonths ago, i copied stations on FO29 on (believe it or not) a dual band rubber duck antenna. Oh, forgot, i have diplexer on the 847 also.
Back to the original, since then I have not heard one single peep. I just finished the 1700 AO7 pass, nothing heard. This was a 49 deg el pass for me in WV.
Post checking the status on Amsat page shows the transponders active on the monitored birds.
I have a RSPlay2 connected to a 2m mag mount outside but polorization is all wrong for it to work properly.
Any ideas of what i could be doing or have setupwrong?
Thanks & 73 CU on the birds , maybe someday, lol Marty W8AKS