Good evening,

Just a friendly reminder to please keep the power down when working AO-7. I was attempting to work XE3ISS on the last pass, but a high power CW signal was causing the AGC of the transponder to kick our weaker (but still S7) signals completely out. We did complete the QSO eventually.

Remember that 100 watts EIRP is generally more than enough to work AO-7 unless you're trying to stretch the footprint and I've copied my downlink plenty well enough at higher elevations with just 5-10 watts EIRP.

Thanks and 73,

Paul, N8HM