[amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 Report

[Paul Stoetzer]

Good morning,

I just worked a pass of LilacSat-2 from here in Washington, DC. The
downlink signal was good and I was able to work KO4MA with 5 watts,
though the constant carrier and audio filtering made it tough to know
when I was getting in to the satellite. I had to listen very carefully
to hear my own voice coming back from my headphones. There was
terrestrial interference, but I was able to get in below 6 degrees and
heard the satellite all the way down to below a degree.

Equipment used was two Yaesu FT-817s, an Arrow antenna, and a High
Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp.

73,

Paul, N8HM