Re: [amsat-bb] 435 MHz AO40 uplink

[Jim.Walls@xxxxxxx]

Wayne Estes - W9AE said:
> Sunday morning I had no trouble getting a strong downlink from AO40
> with my 435 MHz uplink.

> Now (Monday morning) I can barely hear my signal coming down.  I
> could hear quite a few other stations very well, and I presume that
> most of them were using the 435 MHz uplink.  Did anybody else have
> trouble this morning hearing their signal when uplinking on 435 MHz?

Wayne,
      I was on AO-40 before I left for work with a couple French stations
about 1315z (a little over two hours ago as I type this).  I think both of
them were on 435, as I was.  We all had good strong signals through the
bird.  My signals were about normal.  I started without the amp, and was
quite a bit weaker than the station I was talking to.  when I turned my amp
on, I was about the same signal strength as the other stations (that's
about normal).  Just prior to me calling the first of the French stations,
he was talking to a British station who said he was uplinking on L band and
he also had a good strong signal.

73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
k6ccc@amsat.org
Mobile Radio Operations
Southern California Edison Co.
Ofc:   626-302-8515   -   PAX   28-515
FAX:   626-302-7501   -   PAX   27-501


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