Glad to hear this, John. Also consider its larger footprint, thanks to altitude. Has been helpful here in HI for those who are FM only.
Mark W3ZM/KH6 for a few more days
On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 8:29 AM John Brier via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
It just worked/sounded as good as ever on the 1602 UTC pass (2019-07-06).
I was able to get in easily with 5 watts through most of the last half of the pass. It was not fading in RX or TX capability at all like it was the previous few times I worked it. This was a 72 degree pass for me.
Perhaps its solar panels were lit perfectly and maybe its RX antenna was lined up perfectly for me... either way, I am impressed. I'll upload my recording later but just wanted to put this out there as there were a ton of WMPLOTA stations on AO-91 earlier... maybe spread the traffic out on AO-85 some. At least when it is not in eclipse.
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