Well, I got my first satellite contact this evening on a pass of SO-50. Thank you for the help from the forum for getting me started. I used two Baofeng UV82 handhelds and an Arrow antenna. Problem is that I wasn't necessarily expecting it to work, so I didn't plan on a way to record the QSO. So, if you happened to be the person who called back to AI9IN in EM79 between 2331 and 2345 UTC this evening, thank you, thank you, thank you! If you send me your info, I'd be happy to send you a QSL and put you in LoTW. If getting this confirmed by email is "illegal", I understand and won't officially count it, but I'd still like to know who you are so I can send you another set of "Thank yous".
Steve Kristoff AI9IN Grid: EM79 Oldenburg, IN skristof@etczone.com