Activity???

[Qwazyone]

Even when there were 5 FM capable sats, there were times when they were that busy. And when AO-27 and SO-50 shared the same footprint for a while, you couldn't tell which one you were on unless AO-27 started transmitting telemetry

 

[KC9YFM]

Even when there were 5 FM capable sats, there were times when they were that busy. And when AO-27 and SO-50 shared the same footprint for a while, you couldn't tell which one you were on unless AO-27 started transmitting telemetry

Holy moly I didn't realize it was so bad. No wonder I can't talk to anyone lol. Considering that SO-50 is the last FM sat repeater active (to my knowledge, I think there might actually be one other that I've never tried), you get all of these ham operators trying to use the same one and you get just a bunch of garbled mess. I don't have any SSB or CW machines that I can use so FM is really my only option.

 

[Qwazyone]

There are some recordings at General Satellite Recordings

If you go back to 2010 on the page you can find recordings from the other FM sats that are now inoperable, a lot of early morning passes might be quiet but most of the daylight passes were busy