8 Mar
2007
8 Mar
'07
2:04 a.m.
Something else to consider is whether you are near a big city or not. I don't know if you mentioned it before so sorry if this is redundant in the other posts here but I found that noise associated with being near a large city effects my receive big time. I have to wait for high power times to work the LEO's on my HT setup which I don't need if I'm visiting a rural area. In fact when in a rural area, SO-50 power levels sound better than AO-51 on high power at home here. Just another factor to consider.
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF near Chicago Amsat #35741