Re: [amsat-bb] Squint

["Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok,  so it wasn't just me...

I was on AO-40 today and also found the beacon a good bit higher in 
frequency
than I expected.  MA was around 120, and I finally found the beacon at an
indicated 2401.358, when it's usually in the .330's or .340's near apogee.

I also had a really hard time getting into the bird with a UHF uplink; 
managed to
work K6SAT, but I was barely readable to him, and he to me.  Others on the
band were much easier to copy.  When I did get in, it took my flame thrower
at full power (about 100w); with a squint of 3 degrees, I should have had 
LEILA
all over me, but either she was asleep, or something else was going on.

Did something change up there?

Greg  KO6TH


>From: "Ron Rollinson" <ronjr@fuse.net>
>To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Squint
>Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 12:19:57 -0400
>
>Thanks for the squint info everyone.  I found the beacon about a half hour
>ago, higher in frequency than I'm used to for some reason...  Still have
>some work to do on this dish, I'll be posting some questions later, I'm
>heading off to the Red's game.  Have a good weekend everyone.
>
>73,
>
>Ron, NR8O
>
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