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Re: Has anybody heard AO-10 lately ?
on 8/15/00 5:18 PM, Jeff Grey at JGrey@msi-us.com wrote:
> Has anybody heard AO-10 ? I have tried to hear AO-10's beacon & downlink
> traffic, but to no success. Either my Arrow antenna lacks sufficient gain,
> the satellite elevation is too low ( 13 deg ) when I try, my 2 mtr radio
> need an LNA, or AO-10 has finally gone doa. Thanks for the responses in
> advance.
One more thing:
AO-10 has a circular polarization that varies. The Arrow is a linearly
polarized antenna. You loose 3 dB of signal there as well.
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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