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I'm not sure if this contact is a record distance, but I will claim it until I'm knocked off my pedestal. At about 1915Z I worked Mika-OH8MBN in KP24, I'm in CN87 (running 8W John).

I heard OH8MBN calling CQ on AO-7 today, so I'm glad someone came back to him. We at VE3JW didn't have the key handy to reply ourselves.

Unfortunately we couldn't decipher any of the voice signals. The satellite seemed crowded, but we were unable to copy any callsigns :(

But, we did hear it and it's nice to know that it's up and running.

Darin Cowan VE3OIJ