ISS 79° pass 13:42:07 CST 18:42:07 UTC

I decided to take one radio out into the field for today’s pass, my ICOM ID-52A. It is a dual band radio and has the option to record. Usually I have been using two radios, one for transmit and one for receive. I had the squelch turned off for both the TX and RX and I think that maybe this was the reason I was not able to hear the pass clearly. On the receiving end the pass sounded terrible, like I was not able to get the polarization correct – I had this issue throughout the entire pass.

When I returned home I listened to the recording and to my surprise the entire pass was very clear.

I am excited to report that I was able to make a contact, my only contact and it was Michael – KO4PDI. He is located in Florida. Michael is very well known on YouTube for recording his satellite passes live for others to watch. So today was my lucky day.

Below is a segment of the recorded audio from today.

You can also watch Michael’s YouTube video if you follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7o4rTrqrU

I announce my call sign and grid location 16:19 into the video.