[amsat-bb] 2.4 GHZ Garbage Dump

[Rick Vidmar - K9KK]

2.4 GHZ is an RF waste land..
It is a garbage dump for any and all part 15 and 802.11 consumer stuff.
I enjoyed working AO-40 SSB with great signals.
It was NOT a CW only bird as some with less than adequate 2.4 GHZ receive 
setups claim.
BUT, the last few months on AO-40 were troublesome....
Normal noise levels of S5 turned into 20 and 30 DB over 9.
It was traced to 2.4 GHZ internet provider 10 miles away, YES 10 miles away.
It was also traced to a government training center only 3 miles away.
Most likely WI-FI.
Please give up on the 2.4 GHZ dumping ground.
Please join with me and be excited about abandoning it and moving on to 
greener pastures.
Thanks
Rick
K9KK




.----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh at comcast.net>
To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it>; "WILLIAMS MICHAEL" 
<k9qho6762 at sbcglobal.net>; "AMSAT-BB" <>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:00 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: S-Band Down Link P3E/Eagle


> Mode S worked nicely for me on AO-13, but by the time AO-40 was in orbit, 
> I
> had S9 interference that appeared at random times for several hours at a
> time.
>
> 73,
>
> John
> KD6OZH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it>
> To: "WILLIAMS MICHAEL" <k9qho6762 at sbcglobal.net>; "AMSAT-BB"
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 02:56 UTC
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: S-Band Down Link P3E/Eagle
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "WILLIAMS MICHAEL" <k9qho6762 at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 2:13 AM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] S-Band Down Link P3E/Eagle
>>
>> > One thing is certain, P3E will provide a real world test of S-band down
>> link capability. It will then be perfectly clear if the decision to 
>> delete
>> it from the Eagle was a wise choice.
>> >
>> >
>> >   Mike
>> >   K9QHO
>> >   AMSAT 33589
>>
>> Hi Mike, K9QHO
>>
>> The real world test of the S-band downlink capability has been already
> made
>> using AO40 and by my personal experience I would like to add to it the
>> S-band downlink of OSCAR-13 and this is why the S-band downlink will be
>> used again for P3E
>>
>> 73" de
>>
>> i8CVS Domenico
>>
>>
>>
>>
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