Epic FM Ham Radio Satellite Rove!

Welcome Back!
Join me for the epic FM Satelllite Rove of Grids EM38ta / EM39tx in Central Missouri!
I operated the ISS, SO-50 and Tevel-2 FM satellites over the course of 7 passes in 3 days.
I made 69 contacts in total for the rare grid location.
The video begins very abruptly with the ISS. I had just enough time to setup and hit record for the second half of the first pass! I had no idea it would be the only pass, as it went offline shortly afterwards.
Equipment used;
Icom Ic-2730a
Arrow II VHF/UHF backpack edition
Rg8x coax
Eco-Worthy 12ah LiFePo4 battery
Victiv 74” tripod
00:00 Intro
00:14 Straight into the ISS!!
00:26 K2ERK New Jersey
00:44 K0JM Minnesota
01:00 N5ACR Maryland
01:12 W4KSY Georgia
01:28 WA4HFN Tennessee
02:06 KB2M Florida
03:10 KN4KLF North Carolina
03:44 SO-50 Begins!
03:59 N0GVK Nebraska
04:14 WI7P Mississippi
04:33 XE1ET Mexico!
05:55 W4KSY Georgia
06:19 KN4RRQ Virginia
06:56 N8AJM Michigan
07:41 W9HT Indiana
08:40 W2NNU Mississippi
10:11 K4PYA Michigan
10:50 N8URE Maryland
11:30 NK9X Wisconsin
11:52 K9ZMU Wisconsin
12:50 Tevel-2 Begins!!
13:00 N8JCM Michigan
13:22 N0GVK Nebraska
13:38 WA4HFN Tennessee
16:22 WI7P Rover
16:57 KB5FHK Florida
18:40 XE1MYO Mexico!
19:35 XE1BJ Mexico!!
20:00 XE1UYS Mexico!!!
20:43 XE1YDK Mexico!!!!
21:15 WY7AA Wyoming
21:53 SO-50 Begins
22:36 N4AKV South Carolina
22:48 KX9X Sean! Illinois
23:45 N8JCM Michigan
24:39 W4KSY Georgia
24:58 K0LB Virginia
25:25 W2EQ New Jersey
26:29 W4BB South Carolina
26:36 AB2KM New York
27:06 KD2VLQ New York
27:23 K2ERK New Jersey
27:58 SO-59 2nd Pass
28:17 KJ7DZ Oregon
28:58 XE1YDK Mexico!
29:36 XE1UYS Mexico!!
29:55 KD6RSQ California
30:17 WA4NVM Tennessee
30:51 K6SFO California
31:41 KG0D Washington
33:20 N1AIA Maine
33:38 Tevel-2 Begins
34:01 W2GDJ New York
34:40 WA2NDV New York
36:18 K7MT Montana
37:33 N7MJ Wyoming
39:09 NC0Q Tim! Nebraska
40:40 K4BAD Alabama
41:23 W4KSY Georgia
41:39 XE1UYS Mexico!
42:26 XE1EVP Mexico!!
42:59 XE1BJ Mexico!!!
43:11 XE1YDK Mexico!!!!
43:31 N1RCN Florida
44:12 SO-50 The Final Pass!
45:15 WI7P Rover
46:49 K4PYA Michigan
49:15 W7ASC Arizona
49:30 K2ERK New Jersey
49:47 W4XP Virginia
50:33 NK9X Wisconsin
52:29 KB1HY Connecticut the Final Call.

[@ErikAtTheW]

Hey! Nice job! Glad to have worked you, and I made the first contact in your video!

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Like you were waiting to pounce! I appreciate you checking in,73!

[@terryadams8012]

Thank you for the video. Looks like quite an adventure. You did good.

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Thank you! It was a remarkable time making this many contacts per pass. I can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone make 12 contacts on a single fm pass before.

[@VP2EIHonAnguillaIsland]

Waaay Cool.. 73

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Thank you! It was an amazing Rove

[@VP2EIHonAnguillaIsland]

very nice👍🏼@@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors

[@VP2EIHonAnguillaIsland]

Nice, see ya on da Birds soon@@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Hopefully so!!!! 73

[@RFPews]

Love the videos, are you using a certain app to track the satellites and get azimuth and elevation? Almost ready to give it a go

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Thank you! Nope, I use GoSatWatch to see the approach and after that it’s all good old fashioned radio operation. When you watch the video notice how I will track the antenna ahead of the sat until it hits the fringe, pull it back a little, then raise and lower listening for the same. I am centering the view of the antenna to capture the sat as it passes through the beam width. That way I am free to operate and purely by listening i am tracking by the millisecond on the fly.

[@ag2250]

Congratulations, which radio do you use for this activity? 73, Andreas DL1AKC

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Hello Andreas! I operate the Icom IC-2730a for this portable rig.

[@ag2250]

@@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors Thanks. I have now bought one too. My IC-9700 is too big for such activities. Or I'm too weak ;-)

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Awesome! It’s a great FM dual bander you will be happy with it. It’s a little quirky to get programmed but once done it’s fine. Best of luck with it! One day I will have a 9700