[amsat-bb] Symptoms of TS-2000 birdie

[Burns Fisher]

Hi all,

I'm wondering if a curious phenomenon that I have seen is related to the
infamous TS-2000 SO-50 birdie.  I thought I would see if I could make a
contact on SO-50 with my TS-2000 even knowing about the birdie.  I can
certainly hear others during parts of the pass.

I did not hear anything so I punch up the arming tone, and oddly, I could
hear both the tone (120-something?) and my voice totally clearly on the
downlink frequency.  I seriously doubt that I was getting into the
satellite at that point.

So what is the symptom of the birdie?  I thought it was just blanking out
the Rx band over a certain range.

Any thoughts?

Thanks and 73,

Burns WB1FJ