[AReU] AO 40 Satellite Contact

[w4tas]

I made an SSB contact today with Mike (W4UOO) down in Riverview. 
Mike has been working on his AO40 station for a few months now and 
he finally brought it together today. The satellite co-operated with a 
good orbital position this afternoon and Mike called to get me on 
the air. We were very close to the same frequency on the first call 
which is a major accomplishment when you need to be within 500 hz 
at 2401 MHz. Signals were marginal but Mike only has an 11 element 
linear polarized antenna with about 50 watts from his rig. It's good 
enough however as I could hear him 100%. 

Hopefully we can have a fairly large round table satellite QSO with some 
guys in the Brandon area soon. 

My congratulations to Mike on a job well done!!!!

73

Tony