I was thrilled to make my first contact (with W4CLJ) on the 00:35 z LilacSat-2 pass this evening. Lots of odd tones, and it sounded at times that someone was keying without speaking, but I still was able to get through.

I used an HT and Arrow 2 antenna. Unlike AO-85, there wasn't much activity on the sat, I heard just one other station (NP4?? DM41), but couldn't make contact.

Good ol' SO-50 is still the easiest of the easy-sats for me to work with my simple gear.

--Bill, KG5FQX