[amsat-bb] Brief NO-84 RX with Omni Antenna

[Scott]

Greetings all.

Orbitron showed NO-84 passing directly overhead here in Virginia tonight,
so against all odds I stuck the 5/8 mag. mount antenna parallel to the
ground and perpendicular to the predicted track.

I'm hesitant to bore the group but thought it was noteworthy that even with
such a modest setup, I received a couple of packets (one with data; one
incomplete).  In fact, believe it or not, I had an FT-60 handheld laying on
the coffee table that also broke squelch when I saw the two incoming
packets on the computer screen via my Icom-28A.   I thought that was pretty
amazing as well, considering the low-power source.

Here are the received packets: (timestamps are UTC on 8-July-2015)

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Fm K0KOC-7 To APWW10 Via PSAT,ARISS* <UI pid=F0 Len=45 >[04:31:27]
@043126h3923.18N/07724.92WlAPRS-IS for Win32

Fm W9QO To STPX1V Via PSAT,ARISS*,SGATE,WIDE2-2 <UI pid=F0 Len=11
>[04:31:37]
'oIPl 
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73,
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA  USA