Hi Eric: I made four contacts on this pass, so it was working. There was lots of fading and I find that aiming the Arrow on the real high passes is more difficult than with the lower ones. Sometimes the bird is not where you expect it and SO-50's trajectory is much more variable than Echo's.

Amir Findling, 73 de K9CHP, member ARRL, AMSAT #36083 Coordinator, Senior K9 Handler Western NY SearchDogs, Inc. http://www.wnysearchdogs.org/ K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of SAR Teams http://www.nysfedsar.org/ 1st Special Response Group (1SRG) http://www.1srg.org/

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org]On Behalf Of Eric H Christensen Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:13 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50 Not Heard at 2200z... CORRECTION

Opps, forgot the time in my original message...

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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