[amsat-bb] Noise, distortion and fading on AO-92 L/v downlink

[Paul Stoetzer]

I think part of it might be people off frequency a bit and generally weaker
into the satellite.

Strong signals from well-equipped automatically Doppler corrected stations
generally sound just fine, though there is sometimes radar noise that gets
through.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 09:57 Ronald G. Parsons <w5rkn at w5rkn.com> wrote:

> To my ear, the L/v downlink just “sounds” more distorted and noisier than
> the U/v downlink. Perhaps something is coming in the L port or is
> internally generated. The downlink path in my radio is identical in L/v and
> U/v. The rapid fading last weekend was very noticeable at lower elevations
> and was close to a 30 sec period. At higher elevations, it was not
> noticeable. I’ll try to remember to screen capture the downlink waterfall
> next weekend.
> Ron W5RKN
>
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