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Re: YES!!!!! ALPHA ON A HAND HELD!!!!
on 11/4/00 2:03 PM, Bob Bruninga at bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
> Yes, we were routinely doing handheld-to-handheld packet comms with MIR
> back when it was on 2 meters. This shows the 9 dB advantage of 2 meters
> to omni antennas over UHF... ALso, of course, ISS is running probably 10
> watts or more compared to the usual amateur satellite that is running a
> watt or so...
ISS is also at a much, much lower altitude. About 200 miles or so. Most of
the LEOs are somewhere around 500 to 600 miles - about twice the distance.
This makes a very big difference in signal strength too.
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
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