Finally, after weeks of on and off again trying, I finally made my first amateur radio satellite contact! It was an afternoon pass of AO-51. I finally figured out some sort of technique to use to accurately track the bird as it passed overhead. It was very busy during the pass, but I was able to get my callsign into WC7V of Livingston, MT. To my pleasant surprise he answered.
Below is a link to audio of his half of the contact.
That's cool. Thanks for sharing. I'm interested in satellite communications but just haven't had the time.
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Thanks Marv. Hopefully I'll meet you on one of the birds sometime. 73 de K7BBR
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