Agree. It isn't quite as loud or as easy to get a signal into as
VO-52, but it's very close.
I had a 70+ degree pass yesterday and my return signal was S8 with 500
mW to an Elk antenna. Unfortunately, all I heard were people trying to
find their signals until the end of the pass.
Looking forward
June 19 last I heard.
On Monday, 5 May 2014, 19:28, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote:
Agree. It isn't quite as loud or as easy to get a signal into as
VO-52, but it's very close.
I had a 70+ degree pass yesterday and my return signal was S8 with 500
mW to an Elk antenna. Unfortunately, all I
I've also heard a very strong downlink of my signal on a couple of
occasions, but not had any replies. I am on the East Coast of the US in
Brooklyn.
That said, I get very deep fades with AO-73. I think the antennae are in
the x-y plane and are dipoles. They are therefore rotating as the
Hello Chris.
I listen daily to AO-73 to gather the telemetry data.
I use a 12 elements cross yagi and can switch between left CP or right CP.
At low elevations (between 0 and 10 degrees) I also suffer from deep
fadings where the signal is in the noise and then slowly coming back.
73,
Eric.
-Original Message-
From: Eric Knaps , ON4HF
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 9:54 PM
Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-73 booming signal
Hello Chris.
I listen daily to AO-73 to gather the telemetry data.
I use a 12 elements cross yagi and can switch between left CP or right CP
Yes, CP antennas definitely help, both on the up and down links. In my
experience it doesn't matter much which direction (left or right hand), just
that they're circular. Both of mine are, and I found the satellite's signal to
be really consistant across the pass.
Greg. KO6TH
On May 5,
