OK, so the 59 report may have been a bit optimistic, but his signal did pick up! This was the first outing for my recently acquired and now refurbished FT-817nd. The antenna was an Arrow. A reasonable effort of about 2300km from the balcony!
VK8MT - Amateur Radio projects and Other Stuff by an Introvert Communicator
Saturday, August 17, 2019
First contact into the Philippines via Satellite
Yesterday I received an email from Taz, DU9JJY. He was looking for a contact into VK8 via the AO-91 Satellite. We set up a Sched for 1pm today and here it is: -
OK, so the 59 report may have been a bit optimistic, but his signal did pick up! This was the first outing for my recently acquired and now refurbished FT-817nd. The antenna was an Arrow. A reasonable effort of about 2300km from the balcony!
OK, so the 59 report may have been a bit optimistic, but his signal did pick up! This was the first outing for my recently acquired and now refurbished FT-817nd. The antenna was an Arrow. A reasonable effort of about 2300km from the balcony!
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