On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 19:23:40 -0500, jeffory broughton jefforybroughton@gmail.com wrote:

Wholly smokes,just worked AC0RA on AO85 which he informs me was in carrier mode,the downlink audio was outstanding.it was every bit as good as what I experience on SO50 and Lilacsat-2. What fun!

Can I ask what power you were running on the uplink? In previous attempts I had been running 5W when the transponder was on and the PL tone active, and only ever succeeded in reaching it once -- and my own audio was very distant and noisy.