Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40

[Jon Ogden <na9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 12/14/00 6:47 PM, Richard W L Limebear at Richard@g3rwl.demon.co.uk
wrote:

> BTW: several frequencies have been quoted as "possibles" where signals
> are heard. There is one test to apply (assuming you check that its predicted
> to be above the horizon): see if the signal exhibits doppler shift; if it
> doesn't, then it isn't. Might save some folks some panic.

Looking for doppler shift won't necessarily work too well.  In present
orbit, the doppler at Apogee is very slight.  There isn't much change unlike
a LEO.

73,

Jon
NA9D

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