Re: [amsat-bb] RS-15

[Rod Adkins <rodadkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When operating in Toronto, I had good success with RS-15 with the following
set-up:
- Teletec 160w amp
- steerable ancient Cushcraft ant (estimated gain 6 - 8dB)
- 10m one-wavelength loop ant at about 26ft
- tried pre-amps; made life worse (more breakthrough)
- I had about 100ft of coax; went to N-connectors to help out...

I was able to make consistent contacts into Europe with this set-up
Interestingly, the sigs went up towards the end of the pass (over water a
factor ??)

So, I believe ERP is the key. And I never felt I was overloading the sat -
it's not exactly crowded <g>

Rod, KQ6ZF, ex-VE3INE

At 06:57 AM 3/2/00 -0600, Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield wrote:
>What kind of ERP are people using on RS-15?  There was a real nice pass last
>night and I could copy the beacon VERY well.  Anyway I think it was the
>beacon (a doppler shifting carrier on/around 29.352 that was on for a second
>or so then off for about the same period).  I swished some CW on the uplink,
>but was never able to hear my downlink.
>
>  Thank,
>Joe
>
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