I made my first satellite contact during a pass of the AO-27 satellite (EYESAT-1) on December 29, 2021. This was my first attempt at satellite work and was marginally successful. I could hear the traffic on the satellite and was able to hear and be heard by another station (N2FYA), although I did have issues on my end with properly receiving. The audio was very hit or miss which could be from me not being able to match my satellite antenna with the satellites antenna polarity (they do tumble through space), but I believe is mainly from my connection from the radio to my earbuds.
I had my Wouxun KG-UVD1P hooked up as my receive radio mounted to the antenna boom feeding my Olympus voice recorder with a 2.5mm to 3.5mm aux. cable which then had a set of earbuds attached. I’m thinking that the aux. cable being near some of the antenna elements may have allowed RF interference to affect the received signal. I have since added some ferrite beads to the aux. cable in the hopes of reducing any RFI in the future.
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