[amsat-bb] D-Star Interference to XW-2A Downlink

[Hasan al-Basri]

Thank to all for the good info.
Pity the Chinese did not follow best practice.
Appreciate the info very much!
73, N0AN

Hasan


On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 10:07 AM Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 145.67 is in the Miscellaneous and experimental section not the satellite
> sub band. You can thank the Chinese for not using the satellite sub band.
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> See here http://www.arrl.org/band-plan
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> 145.50-145.80 Miscellaneous and experimental modes
> 145.80-146.00 OSCAR subband
> Dave-KB1PVH
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> Sent from my Galaxy S9
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> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 11:00 AM Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
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>> There is a repeater on 145.670 (D-Star) in the Dallas area
>> https://w5fc.org/tag/fsq/
>>
>> It makes using XW-2A nearly impossible as it is right in the passband.
>>
>> Who in the world thought it was a good idea to put a D-STAR repeater
>> (simplex) in the middle of a satellite downlink passband?
>>
>> Does this comply with any existing ARRL Band Plan, on other words is this
>> a
>> shared resource with D-Star?  If so, I guess it's just tough luck and live
>> with it. If not, perhaps someone from AMSAT can have a word with the
>> Trustee?
>>
>> 73, N0AN
>>
>> Hasan
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