FM Ham Radio Satellite Rove at Grid EM37ox

Welcome Back!
Join me on another FM Ham Radio Satellite Rove. This time I am at beautiful Lake of The Ozarks. The pass starts with SO-50 which was EXTREMELY packed. The first half I could barely even get a signal onto the satellite because stations running big power had it locked up. The second half was much more productive. This shows how difficult it actually is to get into the sats sometimes. SO-50 came up from the South, and by the time I was in range it was already jam packed with operators and nearly impossible to establish myself in the fray.
The second portion is from the only Tevel-5 pass during my timeframe. It came in from the North so I had much better luck establishing myself on the pass with the other operators. But as you will see the further south it got the harder it was to get into the fray.
00:00 Intro
00:14 SO-50 Beings!
01:15 XE1UYS is trying, to many stations at once
02:40 XE1YDK
02:50 KX9X I am trying!
03:17 XE1EVP
04:00 VE3VMJ
05:00 KX9X I finally got you!!!! That was tough!
05:39 WA4VOC
05:53 W9HT
06:00 NX9B
06:21 KC3SGV
06:33 N4RG
06:43 KB9RUG
07:36 K9WKM
07:45 KC3S
07:57 Tevel-5 Begins!
08:02 N5ACR
08:29 WO3T
09:33 N7JRR
09:54 N4RG
11:34 K0LB
12:14 AC3SS
12:35 XE1UYS
13:18 KO4PDI
15:15 WA4VOC
15:20 CHAOS TO END IT!

[@KC2BKM]

Good stuff! -kc2bkm

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Thank you! 73!

[@NC0Q]

I concur with your observations about North to south passes starting out very docile and civilized, devolving into bedlam as they get further south. But man you brought the wood on those passes! And what a beautiful spot. Been to the area once on a family vacation. Stayed a week in a ratty cottage and didn’t want to leave.

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Yes Sir! My sister lives down there and I grew up about 20 minutes outside of Osage Beach. I love it there. I almost moved the family there about ten years ago. Yeah these FM birds are getting more and more difficult with each week it seems. Especially for the rovers.

[@LCSRacing]

A crazy rally indeed! What is the "ox" on the tail end of the grid location? I thought was just 4 char (alpha /numeric) Thanks again for taking us along for the ride

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Thank you and Great question! The final two characters denote the near exact location within the grid square. The grid square itself can cover multiple counties or even go through multiple states. So giving the final two can help pinpoint the exact location.

[@w2gdj1]

Please let me know when/if you get back to EM37. I need that one. You did well on the rove BTW. It is a mess when trying to get into the Sats with the home stations pounding the Sat. de Dave W2GDJ

[@W0CYC-HamRadioEndeavors]

Thanks Dave will do! My sister lives down there and we go quite a bit when the weather is good.