from day 1 I have enjoyed SO 50 . . . . never a problem for me . . . a few locals here in my area complain about it being a difficult bird . . . . for me it is good from horizon to horizon . . . while not populated like AO 51 (thank you) it has good use from my perspective . . . I use an Icom 910H and I always switch on the AFC which locks in on the received signal and tracks it . . . so if there is a slightly different frequency from the one that has been announced I would never know it . . .
On Nov 28, 2008, at 4:01 AM, Jim Danehy wrote:
from day 1 I have enjoyed SO 50 . . . . never a problem for me . . .
That was my experience as well: SO-50 was easy to hear... until lately. For some reason, and I chalk it up to beginner's luck (perhaps), it is now sometimes more difficult to hear and often requires careful attention to antenna polarization. If I didn't know better I would say it was slowly spinning.
But, it is possible to work -- last night I spoke with KC0TOH on SO-50.
Keep trying!
-- bag, KL7CN/W6 CM98fn
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