Peter, Not any evidence from Europe, but WD9EWK reported good downlink signals from AO-73 on a westerly pass from his QTH in Arizona while running just 500 mW to an Elk antenna last night.
The AAR29 AO-73 log page also reports several QSOs from Europe today: http://aar29.free.fr/sat/ao73/ao73log.php Have you checked VO-52 and AO-7 Mode B passes to rule out a problem on your end? 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Peter Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I reported AO-73 as being deaf a few days ago and I had a few responses > which explained that it might be "alligators" or possibly a Military Radar > station in the North of the UK causing interference. > > > > Tonight at 21:56 we had a high elevation pass in the UK - same again. > > > > I have made over 70 contacts through Funcube, so I don't think it's me. > Tonight was a Westerly pass which is away from the Military site on the East > Coast. > > > > Anyone else having the same issues from Europe ??? > > > > Peter > > G8KEK > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
