Re: [amsat-bb] Comments on UO-14

["Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also  played mobile on UO-14 today from EN-15 (a fairly rare one).  I used
a 50 Watt mobile and a dual band "through the glass" antenna 30 inches long.
I was stunned at how well I could hear, and a little surprised at how hard
it was to get through.  I also had more luck on the western pass than the
eastern one.  I'll be trying again tomorrow, and will report the results
here.

73,
Joe
ka0yos@amsat.org

> 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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