Well, I got my first satellite contact this evening on a pass of SO-50. Thank you for the help from the forum for getting me started. I used two Baofeng UV82 handhelds and an Arrow antenna. Problem is that I wasn't necessarily expecting it to work, so I didn't plan on a way to record the QSO. So, if you happened to be the person who called back to AI9IN in EM79 between 2331 and 2345 UTC this evening, thank you, thank you, thank you! If you send me your info, I'd be happy to send you a QSL and put you in LoTW. If getting this confirmed by email is "illegal", I understand and won't officially count it, but I'd still like to know who you are so I can send you another set of "Thank yous".
Steve Kristoff AI9IN Grid: EM79 Oldenburg, IN skristof@etczone.com
Hi Steve, a workaround for this in lieu of pencil and paper is a small cassette recorder (commonly used for dictation). They are all over ebay or other sites cheap. You can just stick it in your shirt pocket and it will record your voice speaking to the station you are working (incl the call sign). You could also get fancy and plug it into your receive Baofeng and record that way
Good luck and 73, Ted K7TRK
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Steve Kristoff Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 4:45 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] First satellite QSO
Well, I got my first satellite contact this evening on a pass of SO-50. Thank you for the help from the forum for getting me started. I used two Baofeng UV82 handhelds and an Arrow antenna. Problem is that I wasn't necessarily expecting it to work, so I didn't plan on a way to record the QSO. So, if you happened to be the person who called back to AI9IN in EM79 between 2331 and 2345 UTC this evening, thank you, thank you, thank you! If you send me your info, I'd be happy to send you a QSL and put you in LoTW. If getting this confirmed by email is "illegal", I understand and won't officially count it, but I'd still like to know who you are so I can send you another set of "Thank yous".
Steve Kristoff AI9IN Grid: EM79 Oldenburg, IN skristof@etczone.com
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Rich W4BUE
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Kristoff" skristof@etczone.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 7:45 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] First satellite QSO
Well, I got my first satellite contact this evening on a pass of SO-50. Thank you for the help from the forum for getting me started. I used two Baofeng UV82 handhelds and an Arrow antenna. Problem is that I wasn't necessarily expecting it to work, so I didn't plan on a way to record the QSO. So, if you happened to be the person who called back to AI9IN in EM79 between 2331 and 2345 UTC this evening, thank you, thank you, thank you! If you send me your info, I'd be happy to send you a QSL and put you in LoTW. If getting this confirmed by email is "illegal", I understand and won't officially count it, but I'd still like to know who you are so I can send you another set of "Thank yous".
Steve Kristoff AI9IN Grid: EM79 Oldenburg, IN skristof@etczone.com
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