Just took the arrow and the HT out to the driveway to work SO-50 and didn't hear anything. I attempted to activate the bird numerous times but still nothing. Did anyone hear/work the bird on this pass?
73s, Eric KF4OTN
Hi Eric,
I cannot speak for your pass, but SO-50 was just operational for me circa 0418 UTC 9/9/6 over 145 deg E and -38 Sth. Had a quick QSO with VK4ZQ ??? Terry. Orbit 19976
Regards
Simon, VK3ZSJ
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Just took the arrow and the HT out to the driveway to work SO-50 and didn't hear anything. I attempted to activate the bird numerous times but still nothing. Did anyone hear/work the bird on this pass?
73s, Eric KF4OTN
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Hi Eric!
Just took the arrow and the HT out to the driveway to work SO-50 and didn't hear anything. I attempted to activate the bird numerous times but still nothing. Did anyone hear/work the bird on this pass?
Worked OK for a pass @ 0120 UTC this evening. A low pass here, yet a few contacts despite it being a western pass going to the north. Assuming you are somewhere in the eastern USA, it's possible the unlicensed types to the south were using the uplink frequency for their radios or long-range cordless phones and kept you - and maybe others - from turning on SO-50.
I heard a lot of that Thursday afternoon on a pass around 2310 UTC. For the first half or so of the pass, where SO-50 came from the south (over central Mexico) and was going toward the northeast at the end of the pass, we had problems getting through. When we could, then we could hear other signals for an instant before the satellite blocked them for not having the PL. Unfortunately, on SO-50 and especially (when operational) AO-27 with the 145.850 MHz uplink, this is not unusual. :-(
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona USA http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Hey Patrick, Yeah, that might have been the problem. I was so disappointed as it would have been a great pass. Oh well, I'll catch it again tonight!
Maybe it will be a good mutual pass!
73s, de Eric KF4OTN FM15ho
Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
Hi Eric!
Just took the arrow and the HT out to the driveway to work SO-50 and didn't hear anything. I attempted to activate the bird numerous times but still nothing. Did anyone hear/work the bird on this pass?
Worked OK for a pass @ 0120 UTC this evening. A low pass here, yet a few contacts despite it being a western pass going to the north. Assuming you are somewhere in the eastern USA, it's possible the unlicensed types to the south were using the uplink frequency for their radios or long-range cordless phones and kept you - and maybe others - from turning on SO-50.
I heard a lot of that Thursday afternoon on a pass around 2310 UTC. For the first half or so of the pass, where SO-50 came from the south (over central Mexico) and was going toward the northeast at the end of the pass, we had problems getting through. When we could, then we could hear other signals for an instant before the satellite blocked them for not having the PL. Unfortunately, on SO-50 and especially (when operational) AO-27 with the 145.850 MHz uplink, this is not unusual. :-(
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona USA http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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