Not sure what my problem was, Bill. I don't think that you and I have ever had a QSO, but I remember hearing your call from past passes, so you are one of the folks I can usually hear.
I'll chalk it up to operator error (the most likely scenario) and get out again tomorrow morning. Catch you on SO-50!
Steve AI9IN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" w1pa@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 11:27 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Unusual
Steve,
It was a full pass, 8 to 9 stations. Was that pass directly overhead for you? I know on a 70 deg + pass, I cannot hear either the first or second half at all, even with a pre-amp on the arrow. I think the whip antenna points right at you on an overhead, or is shielded by the body of the bird, and you sit in the null.
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