Listened to the early pass this am 0730 UTC and copied ei5v fb with the fcd. Could even hear myself on the downlink with no desense and no cavity filter. Max elevation:1.7 degrees. Not bad for a 10' tower. Took just a little too long to go from passive listening mode to finding myself and answering. Don't want to plug the square connector into the round hole and apply power. Never worked Europe, period. Next time just keeps me going..