[amsat-bb] Comments on UO-14

[K5OE@xxxxxxx]

In the FWIW department, I operated mobile today and had equal passes at about 
35 degrees elevation to both the east and the west.  On the eastern pass (in 
EL28) I was not able to get into the bird at all until about the last 2 
minutes when there were only a couple of stations left in the shadow.  I 
confirmed 2 of them.  I found it illuminating that with a 50 W mobile rig and 
a mag-mounted vertical dipole antenna on 2 m, I could not even get 1 contact 
in with the bird over the eastern US.

On the western pass (in EL18) I was able to make contact with everyone that 
wanted that grid, over a dozen contacts were confirmed.  
73,
Jerry, K5OE
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