[amsat-bb] AO-07

[Mvivona]

I know this has probably been explained before, but help me understand as this has always puzzled me. 

For example purposes I'm going to use 1 watt as the theoretical satellite's output and only one ground station on the input. 

The way I understand is: If AO-7 (or any other SSB repeater) receives a signal, it keys up the transmitter side and passes the audio through. If AO-7 transmitter is let's say a 1 watt, then a full quieting signal on the input should make the output max out at 1 watt. If the input signal is weak and noisy, then the output might only be 1/2 watt. 
Please explain how the repeater's transmitter can put out more than 1 watt (using more power) if the ground station goes well beyond full quieting by uplinking with let's say 500watts. 

Thanks in advance for the explanation. 

Michael KC4ZVA
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On Oct 8, 2016, at 7:11 PM, Jim Walls <jim at k6ccc.org> wrote:

My first guess would be that because AO-7 is functionally running with no 
battery, if one station is running high power, it easily hogs all the power 
available.

Jim
K6CCC




-------- Original Message --------
> From: "Joe" <nss at mwt.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 7, 2016 7:11 AM
> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-07
> 
> I wonder if anyone has actually done any studies after all these years
> on propagation's through this bird. AO-07
> 
> I find it in the past couple weeks soo interesting on how varied the
> level of signal strengths can be on very similar passes.
> 
> Where one pass, vs another are almost identical, yet one will be full of
> stations, and the next one all I hear is my own CQ.
> 
> BUT... that difference can be all made by just who is actually on the 
air.
> 
> BUT.... then take two passes that are almost identical, and ignore all
> the other people, and pay attention to just your own signal, where on
> this pass my sig is soo weak that 90% of the time I'm hearing nothing,
> then next pass that is very similar I am actually moving the S meter the
> signal is sooo strong.
> 
> And in theroy, this is all Line Of Sight communications, the losses from
> one pass vs another should be the same.
> 
> Yes polarity can be an issue, but I cant see it being the reason for the
> whole pass duration.
> 
> Very Interesting!
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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