Hi Simon,

Thank you for your Ao-51 recording.

Of course to have a qso, are required two things ... one station calling and one station answering, if a lot of stations are calling on generic way, is not possible to make a complete qso.

Anyway I heard some stations that answered/called to specific call on right way.

(We hope that too much coffee was drunk only this morning ..HI !)

73" Francesco IW4DVZ

-----Messaggio originale----- Da: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]Per conto di Simon Brown (HB9DRV) Inviato: giovedi 26 aprile 2007 10.58 A: [email protected] Oggetto: [amsat-bb] Re: How much is enough?.

I just recorded a pass of AO-51 from my home in Switzerland, this is not for the faint of heart. Equipment this side is TS-2000, SignaLink USB, crossed dipoles and an unreleased version of Ham Radio Deluxe.

Anyway - count the number of callsigns you hear, then the number of actual QSO's :-(

It's not always as bad as this, maybe too much coffee was drunk before the satellite sailed overhead.

The recording is a MP3 in the ZIP file http://forums.ham-radio.ch/attachment.php?attachmentid=667&d=1177577469

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Simon Brown, HB9DRV

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