In the past 4 Field Days we managed to pull of the seemingly impossible HT & Arrow contact from FN20 15 mi east of Philadelphia. Last year KC2TN worked a middle of the night pass with just his HT. Good luck. Have fun

Shawn K2SMD K2AA FD VHF -------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org To: James A. Carmody carmodyjim@yahoo.com CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed Jun 13 17:01:52 2007 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Birds?

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, James A. Carmody wrote:

Any further thoughts on the best bird for FD FM/5W with an Arrow II?? Jim/nn5o

Jim, Your best bet is a vy low pass out over the ocean or XE land. My only FD contact with an HT and Arrow was from northern MI, low to the North with mostly Canada in the print. The contact? W1AW...

This year I'm using my FT847 with the arrow. Better chance with the SSB transponders.

Best of luck, John Meeks KC8ZFN

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