[amsat-bb] Re: AO-73 Deaf again ????

[Paul Stoetzer]

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 <protest at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
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> 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.
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> Tonight at 21:56 we had a high elevation pass in the UK - same again.
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> 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.
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> Anyone else having the same issues from Europe ???
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> Peter
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> G8KEK
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