Hi Glenn,

I haven't made a QSO yet either. The biggest problem, I think, is the satellite's tumbling, which results in frequent obstruction of the little uplink antenna by the main body of the spacecraft. On this pass, when I could see the uplink antenna, you couldn't, and vice versa. The rapid Doppler, due to the low altitude, doesn't help either.

I'll try again tomorrow morning.

73 Ray

In a message dated 8/7/2011 2:42:54 P.M. GMT Standard Time, aa5pk@suddenlink.net writes:

I wish I'd heard you calling, Ray. Still trying to make my first contact through ARISSat, The QSB is a killer. 73 Glenn AA5PK

----- Original Message ----- From: Rsoifer@aol.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 9:25 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Transponder 1412Z

I heard myself calling CQ for about 2 minutes, peaking 569, but no

takers

that I could hear. Then, about 2 minutes later, I heard AA5PK calling

CQ,

about the same strength, but I could no longer hear myself.

It's a challenge!

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