Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40 beacon question

[k0vty@xxxxxxxx]

If memory serves me correctly Jon , At 48000 km it take 13 degrees of
Beam width to cover the hemisphere of the earth which the s/c sees.
Also the S2 antenna is 10.5 degrees gain which provide depending  on who
is doing the calculating about 35 degrees of beam width.
I hope this helps and that my old memory is still ok.    Quite sure
someone will tell me .

Joe  K0VTY
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On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:37:08 -0600 Jon Ogden <na9d-2@speakeasy.net>
writes:
> on 3/2/03 10:41 AM, Lars Mortensen at labmo@post3.tele.dk wrote:
> 
> > I fully agree with Mark reg. the article written by Colin Hurst
> > (VK5HI),... it's a VERY fine piece of work, and I recommend 
> reading it.
> > Based on that article, I once made the below ESTIMATED radiation 
> pattern
> > for the 5 turn S2 helix on AO-40 (and I un
> 
> I guess I wasn't quite clear enough with my question.  Let me 
> rephrase it:
> 
> Is there any time in the orbit that the beamwidth of the S2 antenna 
> is
> narrower than the beamwidth required to cover the earth visible to 
> the
> satellite at that point in the orbit?  Does that make sense?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jon
> NA9D
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