[amsat-bb] Wow! Do not discount AO-85 yet!

[John Brier]

Good stuff Patrick. Thanks for your report.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 4:37 PM Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
<amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:
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> John,
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> I just worked an AO-85 pass about an hour ago. Had to wait
> until about 1/3 of the way to get through, then it worked OK.
> I heard AA5PK and WD9GET in Texas, along with AC9E
> in New Mexico. About 33 degrees max elevation here.
> Nice to still have AO-85 around...
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> 73!
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> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
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> On Saturday, July 6, 2019, John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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>> It just worked/sounded as good as ever on the 1602 UTC pass (2019-07-06).
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>> I was able to get in easily with 5 watts through most of the last half of
>> the pass. It was not fading in RX or TX capability at all like it was the
>> previous few times I worked it. This was a 72 degree pass for me.
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>> Perhaps its solar panels were lit perfectly and maybe its RX antenna was
>> lined up perfectly for me... either way, I am impressed. I'll upload my
>> recording later but just wanted to put this out there as there were a ton
>> of WMPLOTA stations on AO-91 earlier... maybe spread the traffic out on
>> AO-85 some. At least when it is not in eclipse.
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>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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