... What FM satellite really working with your HT have you presented to the audience ? HI....HI !
There are now two topics in my life that I hold dear and serious - (1) is not desiring nine cars full of armed law enforcement personnel to EVER be behind a fellow ham's car during a simple infraction traffic stop ever again in California, and (2) the statuses of the wonderful FM birds that we enjoy on a daily basis.
SO - My immediate reply is, "I have successfully worked AO-27, SO-50, and AO-51 SCORES of times in front of audiences at a Watt or two - LIVE and without failure - what's the problem?"
(In all honesty - I did "fail" to work '50 in front of HRO San Diego one morning. I calculated the pass incorrectly. BUT we later worked AO-51 successfully ... )
So 'cuse me if I feel a little defensive of my Personal Number 2 this morning. I have been handling calls regarding Number 1 all morning ...
Clint, K6LCS
I would second Clint on this. Rand KD0HKD, Eddy KY0F, and myself K0PDX have on multiple occasions worked the FM birds in front of clubs that we where presenting to. As long as a pass is going overhead we try and work them. AO-51 being the major one.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Clint Bradford clintbrad4d@earthlink.netwrote:
... What FM satellite really working with your HT have you presented to
the audience ? HI....HI !
There are now two topics in my life that I hold dear and serious - (1) is not desiring nine cars full of armed law enforcement personnel to EVER be behind a fellow ham's car during a simple infraction traffic stop ever again in California, and (2) the statuses of the wonderful FM birds that we enjoy on a daily basis.
SO - My immediate reply is, "I have successfully worked AO-27, SO-50, and AO-51 SCORES of times in front of audiences at a Watt or two - LIVE and without failure - what's the problem?"
(In all honesty - I did "fail" to work '50 in front of HRO San Diego one morning. I calculated the pass incorrectly. BUT we later worked AO-51 successfully ... )
So 'cuse me if I feel a little defensive of my Personal Number 2 this morning. I have been handling calls regarding Number 1 all morning ...
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