Re: [amsat-bb] beacon+20 net

["Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Lee, I could not agree more, I'm trying to find out which net he was
> referring to...I've been ramrodding this effort, and have made most of
> them.  We get a rare Leila break on those uplinking 435, but that seems to
> happen when the agc is bouncing all over the place, and I've never been
> able to figure out how I can reduce my power on 435 rapidly enough to
> adjust my uplink...Is there a way?....Partly the reason I'm on 1.2 up 99%
> of the time!
>
> Any Leila break I've observed when I've been on, net or otherwise, happens
> when the agc is bouncing...

Dave, when the passband is busy it seems LEILA cannot be everywhere at once,
so you can be significantly louder on UHF than you should be and never hear
the alarm. My point is, LEILA is not a good measure of if you are too loud.
Direct comparison to the beacon is the only way to do it right, IMHO.

73, Drew KO4MA


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