I caught the westward pass of AO-51 tonight that began at 9:18pm local, and caught K7WIN (DM41) calling by his lonesome on the satellite.  After a bit of juggling with my antenna, I called out to him and got a QSO for the logbook.    I heard another call, but lost it in some kind of deep fade, but managed to catch WB6YTE (DM12)  just as I was in the tail end of the Doppler.  That’s four QSOs via the bird to date.  It was nice that the satellite wasn’t particularly crowded, it makes it easier to get and remember the calls.

[tags]Amateur Radio, AO-51[/tags]