Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40 passband back on

[Mike Kingery <mkmk518@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee,

Well said!

73 KE4AZN
Mike Kingery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee" <lee-fl@cfl.rr.com>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40 passband back on


> A signal 6db below the beacon is already 4db too much.  The recommend
> operating level has always been 10 dB below the MB power level.  As far as
> I've seen from the command stations this is supposed to apply to ALL
station
> regardless of which band they are using for uplink.  Overly strong signals
> also cause people to mistakenly focus too much of their attention on the
> uplink side of the station instead of the receive side were it is truly
> needed.  I've had many QSOs stepped on by stations who were only capable
of
> hearing near or above beacon strength signals.  If EVERYONE would operate
at
> the recommended levels these stations would quickly realize that their
> receiving setup was inadequate and make the needed improvements.
>
> Stations running excessive power only serve to encourage others to join in
> and develop these same poor operating habits.
>
>
> Lee-KU4OS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@tin.it>
> To: "Rick Vidmar - K9KK" <k9kk@earthlink.net>; "Greg D."
> <ko6th_greg@hotmail.com>; "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 17:23 PM
> Subject: R: [amsat-bb] AO-40 passband back on
>
>
> > I aegree.
> >
> > During orbit 901 at 14:50 UTC and MA=30 with squint =32 degrees
> > the beacon was strong but my downlink was all the time almost 6 dB
> > belove the beacon level using more than 300 watt on 70 cm uplink and
> > a 15 turns RHCP helix  antenna.
>
>
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