Bob,
Neat observation. I was on this morning and worked Luc, VE2DWE and only
Luc. I found LHCP to be much much better on the downlink for the entire pass,
which is what I expected. I was under the impression the 435.150 antenna was
LHCP. The pass this morning was close to directly overhead. Was your pass
near the horizon east or west?? Maybe it is a squint angle issue?
73,
Joe kk0sd
P.S. I hope to get on L band again, but my schedule is conspiring against me!
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Of Bob- W7LRD
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:20 PM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 L mode observations
This last pass up the west coast. Very good strong downlink, running a 910 @
10W to a 16 turn RHCP helix through 40 feet of LMR400. Even good copy running
2 watts! Rx 40 el cp yagi. Early in the pass RHCP was better for rx, later
and near LOS LHCP was better. Why? Only station heard was VE7CNA and he was
very weak, aside from that I could only talk to myself. I know we have some L
banders on the "left" coast and up there in KL7. It's lonely.
73 Bob W7LRD
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