EO-88 is in a low inclination orbit and so stays close to the equator. Many of us in the northern part of the continental U.S. and Canada cannot access it because it never passes far enough north for us to be in the footprint.
That said, it can sometimes be lonely on linear satellites on passes that cover much of the continental U.S. I can’t understand why people would prefer to step all over one another on a single channel FM bird rather than spread out on a nice passband.
Yes, the linears require a bit more effort, technical skill, and possibly a bit more of a monetary investment. But by finding some bargains on used gear and learning a bit more about how things work, they are well within reach of the average ham.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 16:20 Lapo Pieri via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hi, few minutes ago I've called for half a pass over Europe when EO-88 was in eclipse but no signal hrd, except mine... anybody use EO-88?
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