During the SO-50 pass this morning, WA8SME was asking if I was using a preamp, and whether I had any difficulty with receive sensitivity. On the Amsat mailing list, I’m amazed by reports of people who get weak signal strength using 14 element antennsas and the like, my handheld Arrow antenna, while not perfect, is remarkably good, and I normally hear just about everything on the satellite.

Here’s a link to the mp3 as recorded on my Sony voice recorder:

SO-50 pass, with QSOs from WA8SME, N6KTH and W6HF (with a brief appearance from AB9LA)