Trying AO51 again 05 Jun 09 2212 UTC part 1

another attempt at the AO51 - I still didn't make contact, not sure what I am doing, the video is good but the sound isn't so good, I will work on that. I went less then half mile from my house to a small park, Sparked some interest with what I was doing. I think I picked a bad pass this time to try, it was pretty low across the horizon, and after I got everything staighten out and realized I was pointing the antenna too high, I still only heard 5 maybe 6 people - nothing like the last time. I make mention that it will pass over again in about an hour and half - I wasn't able to get back out to the park to see, It was going to higher in the sky the 2nd time - and I probably should have tryed it. Today (06 Jun 09) - at 2310 UTC it will be at max elevation 83 and max el azimuth of 59 - That is about 7pm here I want to try again - but my wife gets off work at 7 and I just willn't have the time to get setup. :-( Maybe another day.

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• AO-51
• satilite
• ham radio
• th-d7a
• 2 meter
• 440mhz
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