I am happy to report that after a lot of attempts, Dale KL7R and I reached a Sat contact between BP54xt and EL92sd. The Cubans cannot operate on AO-07 mode B, So FO-29 is our only opportunity for long contacts.
I cannot say how much time we tried but I am sure that it was more than 10 attempts. Dale did all the hard work, he drove around 4 miles from his home to a nearby hill. Majority of times he drove very late in the night.
All the SSB attempts failed. Today at 1920z was our first attempt on CW and It was successfully!
Dale `s working conditions are a Yaesu FT-817 (only 5W semi-duplex) and ARROW antenna with preamplifier. My working conditions are a majority homebrew setup, 10 elements yagi on 2m and 18 elements yagi for 70cm with a homebrew preamplifier.
Thanks very much to Dale for his constancy and effort!
PD: I continue looking for new grids and long contacts on satellite, if you are into any footprint with EL92sd and wan to try, please drop me an email.
73!
Hector, CO6CBF
EL92sd
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