First time I worked AO-27 in the new year, caught regulars WA8SME, VA7MG, WA6KYR (who I didn’t recognize, but I worked him on December 19th), KI6IUJ, and WX7P.

MP3 Recording of QSOs for Jan 5, 2008 on AO-27, around 22:45 UTC

The audio starts pretty raspy, you can barely hear me coming back through the downlink, but later, it gets MUCH stronger. This seems typical. WA8SME has assured me that I’m getting through fine at these lower elevations, but I can’t hear myself very well. Perhaps a preamp is in my future.