[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 151

[Louis House, KD5GM]

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Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 6, Issue 151
LOUIS, KD5GM in EL29kq

Bill,

I have on several occasions, while I am  listening to my own signals (in CW) 
on the SAT's  AO-07, FO-29 and VO-52,  when they are LOS to the North of the 
US and have copied the signals down  to -6 degrees on nights that there have 
Aurora alerts posted from several reflectors that I subscribe to.  Most of 
the time my Northern LOS for these birds is 1 to 2 degrees when there are no 
alerts.  Certainly no expert on this phenomenon, but I believe that the 
signals are enhanced beyond the normal range during the enhancement 
conditions.

73, Louis
CW, The original digital mode
AMSAT #37061: FIST #3606


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Dzurilla" <billdz.geo at yahoo.com>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:25 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Is it 100% impossible to work a satellite below
> thehorizon?
>
>
>>I was giving a presentation at our club meeting called Working DX on the
>>Satellites and afterwards someone had a good question: is it at all
>>possible that tropo, skip, or other form of enhanced propagation can 
>>enable
>>a contact via a satellite below the horizon?
>>
>> It has never happened to me.  Has it ever happened?
>>
>> 73, Bill NZ5N
>>
>>