Finally tried transmitting into a 43 degree pass for SO-50 and was heard by two stations (K8YSE/Y and W0DHB)!

Unfortunately they never heard my response; but I be smothering myself transmitting from inside the snow covered sun room. Might also be poor microphone technique.

https://youtu.be/O5nFwU_wl18 https://youtu.be/O5nFwU_wl18

Still, enough progress to encourage … Arizona/Colorado from Minnesota … a thousand miles and 50F.

73 KE0CMD Todd