[amsat-bb] AO40 and the East coast last night

["Alan K. Adamson" <ne1h@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I read a post on the Web Index that I haven't got yet (about 5 hour lag
usually :( )

Anyway, I wanted to give some feedback.

I use a 52 element loop yagi on 2.4 with an SSB UEK3000SAT downconverter
(about 30db of gain and .7nf).  I'm also using a 432 IF if it matters.

Last night, the beacon was very loud at AOS about an S5, then it actually
went up to about S7.  I copied it out to about 15000 km before squint got
me.

I was playing with a telemetry setup (chasing my tail as I didn't have the
cable connected :( ), so I didn't do as good as I usually do on these types
of passes, but I did get 15/27 blocks of CRCC'd data.  (last time, when I
didn't mess around, I was 50/70).

There was a bunch of QSB, but no more that there has been lately.  We'll see
what the front end of the pass looks like today and tomorrow.  The 240 and
up MA's :)

Alan

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