First satellite QSO!

with MM7WKK via SO-50.

https://www.runningwithbulls.com/2026/04/first-satellite-qso/

Successfully defeated my learning overwhelm and inertia today thanks to some input here on satellite listening!

First bird heard was SO-50 and then later astronaut Mike Fincke making contacts on the space station. With hams from New Jersey, CT, and Quebec. Clear as a bell on just 18° elevation with a Comet SBB5 mag mount dual band whip, Radioddity GD77 and opengd77!

Another listen with a teacher tomorrow!

#satellites #aos #iss #SO50 #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #AmSat #opengd77 #gd77

Today i finalized my dual-band hand-held antenna and made some tests with LEO sats.

I could make my first QSO on #SO50.

It's quite a challenge to deal with azimuth, elevation, polarization ... and calling

The Anytone D878uvii is a great transceiver with its sat mode ! No need to care about the frequencies configuration and Doppler effect. It even provides real time indication on azimuth and elevation.

That was fun !

I managed 37 QSOs through 10 🛰️ LEO satellite this week. (Jan 28..Feb 4) #SevenDaysOfSats.

New entities worked:
🌍 DXCC: Z3 🇲🇰
🌐 Grids: JN13, JN81, KN01, KN02, KN04

Thanks to #F4DEU, #IW7EAP, #YU4SMT, #YU0W, #YU1EW and #YT1CI

#AO91 #CAS3H #RS44 #JO97 #XW2A #SO50 #FO29 #ISS #FO118 #PO101

#AMSAT #hamr

#TowerTuesday #hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk #hamr #cbradio #27mc #SWL #DX #SDR #HFbands

RT @[email protected]

Ready for my last #SO50 #satellite pass from IN97, I will miss you too !! @[email protected] #hamradio