One more update:
I tried pass #744, this morning and copied a big round-table of several west-coast stations, but was unable to break in. My downlink was as loud as them, so...? I had one call to my CQ right at LOS and could not complete, sorry! Bear with me as I am getting reaquainted with running my radio on satellites ;-) My sub-VFO tuning control is not working which complicates netting with another station. So I find my signal with the Rx and then engage tracking. That tracks for a little while.
The interesting thing is that I copied signals to zero-elevation. I would say that I am pleased with the new antennas.
Question: what ERP are most stations using on SSB on HO-68? I am running 50w ERP.
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