Hi Dave,

Dont be too suprised. It probably not the antenna, but my construction of it. I am building it and I new to the theory. I wish I had been born with an engineer's mind instead of good looks!

I also had not been listening to the correct birds. Thanks to Rick WA4NVM, I did copy some of the AO-27 pass at approx. 3:00pm pacific time. It wasnt great copy, but i heard

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Dave hartzell hartzell@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Steve,

It is surprising to read that you are not hearing anything. I have repeatedly used a 2m and 70cm Eggbeater for the sats and have had no problem hearing things. No pre-amp.

I was using a short cable (e.g. less than 10 meters). The rigs I used were a FT-736r (deaf) and a FT-847 (so-so).

73,

Dave

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Steve Bluemel stevebluemel@gmail.com wrote:

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Well, Im sorry to say that my Egg Beater experiment has yet to yield any good results. I have attempted passes on IIS, AO-51, and SO-50 and not

heard

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a single contact. Im a trying some reconfiguring and will keep at it. I

will

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post pictures of my progress soon and would appreciate any observations

you

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might have.

I'll tell you, the Pre-amp thread could not have been more timely. I just ordered one from ARR. If im lucky....and im always lucky, this will make some difference.

In the mean time, I will listen for you all with the Elk and HT!

Cheers!