[amsat-bb] fading?

[Burns Fisher]

That kind of looks like one low current point with a lot of space when
there was no telemetry.  Could have been just that the reading was taken
before the Tx turned on for a beacon in idle mode.

Fading could be due to the satellite just rotating such that the antenna is
pointing right at you (or right away from you) or something like that.  At
least that's what the Technician test (that I've been teaching and VEing)
says :-)

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 6:43 PM Zach Metzinger <zmetzing at pobox.com> wrote:

> On 10/29/18 4:56 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
> > I had fading during the first half of the pass, and not so
> > much after the midpoint. By the time I heard you, I wasn't
> > dealing with fading. Even twisting my Elk around, there were
> > points in the first half of the pass where the fading was
> > still getting in the way.
>
> Interesting that the TXPA current dropped off somewhere between 176,750
> and 182,000 (uptime, reset 27).
>
> https://imagebin.ca/v/4KoXhTn5TTlx
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
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