[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat over UK - 23.46utc Pass

[P.H.]

Hi Phil,

See my other post from earlier, some screenshots demonstrating the
signal fading.
They are hosted here:

http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv

Will have more comprehensive shots on the next pass (AOS in 31 mins from now)

At a quick estimate on the pass I saw (0.9 degree elevation) I would
say a 2 second null then 6-7 seconds of good signal repeating.

73
Pete

2i0VAX

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Phil Karn <karn at philkarn.net> wrote:
> On 8/3/11 5:11 PM, David Barber wrote:
>>
>>>From the sound of the signal the satellite would appear to be tumbling
>> slowly.
>
> Are there any deep nulls in the fading? If so, how long are they?
>
> I designed the interleaving to tolerate deep fades of up to about 1-1.5
> seconds as long as they don't occur more often than about once every 15
> sec or so. Shorter fades can be tolerated more often.
>
> Phil, KA9Q
>
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