[amsat-bb] WSJT-X FT8 QSO confirmed between W2JAZ and W5RKN on FO-29

[Andrew Rich]

I would have thought doppler would have killed a frequency dependant mode

Your sending a hf low noise mode over an FM bird ?

Nuts 

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> On 17 Oct 2017, at 1:47 pm, Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Some may think it is experimental but I personally find it very
> disruptive to use certain digital modes on satellites.  It is more
> disturbing when the stations performing these "experiments" fail to
> minimize their station ERP to a reasonable level.
> 
> Tonight on FO-29 I witnessed first hand how disruptive it is when a
> station decides to experiment with MSK144 while others are trying to
> use the shared transponder resource.
> 
> Some of these modes are 100% duty cycle for periods, then switch off,
> and back on again in a sequence.  This doesn't seem very compatible
> with your typical satellite transponder.
> 
> For the life of me I cannot figure out why someone would even think
> about attempting these modes on AO-7 when the transponder's more
> sensitive nature is common knowledge.
> 
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
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