Steve,
It was a full pass, 8 to 9 stations. Was that pass directly overhead for you? I know on a 70 deg + pass, I cannot hear either the first or second half at all, even with a pre-amp on the arrow. I think the whip antenna points right at you on an overhead, or is shielded by the body of the bird, and you sit in the null.
Bill W1PA
Not sure what my problem was, Bill. I don't think that you and I have ever had a QSO, but I remember hearing your call from past passes, so you are one of the folks I can usually hear.
I'll chalk it up to operator error (the most likely scenario) and get out again tomorrow morning. Catch you on SO-50!
Steve AI9IN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" w1pa@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 11:27 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Unusual
Steve,
It was a full pass, 8 to 9 stations. Was that pass directly overhead for you? I know on a 70 deg + pass, I cannot hear either the first or second half at all, even with a pre-amp on the arrow. I think the whip antenna points right at you on an overhead, or is shielded by the body of the bird, and you sit in the null.
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Steve Kristoff skristof@etczone.com
"A few chords strummed on a ukulele, enough to please a few others beside yourself, does more good in this world than the combined efforts of all the financiers and politicians that ever lived." - Frank Littig, Littig's New Harmony Self Instructor Chords for Ukulele, Banjuke or Taro Patch Fiddle, Chart Music Publishing House, Chicago, Illinois, 1924
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