[amsat-bb] Tropo and FO-29

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Yes! I live 1/2 mile or so from the open Gulf, and it's a clear shot from the tower in some azimuths. I have heard many satellites below the horizon by several degrees.

With the right conditions, I've worked Cuba, Mexico, Texas, and Puerto Rico on 2m SSB via tropo with the same antennas.

73, Drew KO4MA




-----Original Message-----
>From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 15, 2015 4:20 PM
>To: Jim White <jim at coloradosatellite.com>
>Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Tropo and FO-29
>
>I was hearing you guys saying "5,4,3,2,1" until SatPC32 showed FK86 at
>-2 degrees elevation.  I didn't have your six digit locator entered so
>there is a margin of error.
>
>73
>Clayton
>W5PFG
>
>On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Jim White <jim at coloradosatellite.com> wrote:
>> Apparently some folks were hearing us after our nominal LOS, I was still
>> taking so Ken could zero in the antenna on the horizon.  We had stopped
>> hearing the downlink at that point.  In that direction we are about 500'
>> above the ocean with nothing but a steep slope down then water all the way
>> to Spain.  I'm wondering if there was some tropo on VHF that kept us in it
>> for another minute or so, but the UHF fell off when it went over the water
>> horizon.
>>
>> Anyone ever experience anything like that?
>>
>> We have certainly seen 6 meter tropo around the islands here this week - all
>> the way up to Puerto Rico and Haiti.
>>
>> Jim
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