The 1st attempt into AO-51 on 1.2Ghz with 1 watt HT...

[Moleculo]

Was largely unsuccessful. I was using the homebrew 1.2Ghz 10 element yagi I built for TX. It was a 30 degree pass, so I think I need to try a pass with more elevation next time. I had one station that called me back but he got stomped on before I could get his call. I heard a station in there on the 2m uplink that said he was using 500mw with a telescoping whip. It seems doing this on 1.2Ghz is a little more challenging than on 2 meters...

 

[Happy_Hamer]

Was largely unsuccessful. I was using the homebrew 1.2Ghz 10 element yagi I built for TX. It was a 30 degree pass, so I think I need to try a pass with more elevation next time. I had one station that called me back but he got stomped on before I could get his call. I heard a station in there on the 2m uplink that said he was using 500mw with a telescoping whip. It seems doing this on 1.2Ghz is a little more challenging than on 2 meters...

nerd

 

[C2]

most for suredly...I've not been able to key up the local 23cm ATV repeater with 100mW, and that thing don't move very much...