Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50

[Emily Clarke <w0eec@xxxxxxxxx>]

I totally agree. The west coast passes, particularly the ones near or over 
water,  have been fairly barren

73,

Emily


At 07:22 PM 12/16/2003 -0500, Drew wrote:
>I am really surprised how _few_ people are using SO-50. I just spent the
>entire pass up the east coast by myself, and have done the same on several
>passes the last few weeks. It's not as quite as easy as UO-14, but it works
>well.
>
>As always, listen first, and if you can't hear your own downlink don't call
>CQ! Remember to enable a 67.0 hz tone on your uplink.
>
>BTW, I've worked it several times with 3 watts and an Arrow, and a friend of
>mine makes contacts on his AL-800 and HT on a regular basis....
>
>73, Drew KO4MA
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