Missing each other on AO-123 pass!

Yesterday night there was a near overhead pass of AO-123, of about 88 degrees in my region. Some of my friends had confirmed that they will be listening to the pass along with me. Here is the pass recording sent by VU3DTT.

I thought I heard VU2MZT faintly and gave a couple of calls, but no luck.

I am wondering whether AO-123 has reduced power output when it started continuous operation. Earlier I could hear and work E21EJC at about 2700 km easily in June 2025 when the satellite was being activated only during weekends. That was a pass of only about 25 degrees maximum elevation. Both times I was using the same fixed elevation/azimuth Moxon Yagi and IC-2730A full duplex radio. Few days back I had tried listening to AO-123 after the operation became continuous and did not hear anything. That is why I fixed a sked with my VU friends this time. This time as there were at least three of us trying from VU, we can confirm that the satellite is workable from our region and request more VUs to try in the coming days.