Re: [amsat-bb] Just hrd UO-14 for the 1st time!

[Jon Neher <jneher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are a lot of mexican utility stations you'll here on
UO-14 as it starts to cover Mexico.  This makes it more
"challenging" (-:

Jon

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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Jay, kf6rmg wrote:

>    I was listening to the 22:30 PDT west coast pass and heard several 
> stations including K6YK and ND0M. This was my first time trying my "new" 
> (used) Icom IC-3N 430 HT. I would've put out a call but I only have one 
> battery that I have to switch back and forth between my 2m and 430 HTs. If I 
> were able to put out a call on the satellite though (flame suits on), there 
> was no way I would've gotten through. Everyone was calling over everyone 
> else and there were even some who seemed to be intentionally QRMing the 
> satellite! I'd heard that it was bad but I didn't think it was that bad. In 
> fact, I only heard about 2 or 3 successful contacts during the entire pass. 
> It makes me wonder not when but if I'll ever make a successful QSO on UO-14. 
> I'm probably just being pessimistic. Oh well, enough of my ranting.
> 
>                                                              73,
>                                                              Jay, KF6RMG
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