[amsat-bb] Re: Ao-51 at 2100z today

[Clint Bradford]

>> ... how do you all write down callsigns?

I am not sure what your problem is. I mean ...

-one hand for the Yagi
-one hand for the radio
-one hand for the speaker-mic
-one hand for the clipboard
-one hand for the pencil
-one hand for the tall glass of iced tea
-one hand for your smartphone with its satellite tracking program running

(grin)

I will sometimes use a smartphone voice recorder app to record passes, for later review. In a shirt pocket, 
to free up my other six hands.

Additionally, I have built a little tray wide enough to accommodate my HT on the boom of my Yagi. Helps 
free another hand, as well as "counter-balancing" the front-heavy antenna. Photos at ...

http://web.me.com/clintbradford/k6lcs/Photos/Photos.html

... and ...

http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/My_Gear.html


Clint Bradford, K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com