Re: Re[2]: [amsat-bb] ECHO test of PSK-

["Mike Seguin" <n1jez@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I too initially had problems with the PSK31 system, but on the 0125 UTC pass
of AO-51 I copied my own PSK signal no problem.

Also copied N2AJK, KT2N and KT2Q. 100%

I understand some setting may have been changed on board AO-51 for this
pass. What ever it was, it worked for me.

Running WinPSK 2.11 from Moe, AE4JY. FT-920 and 50 watts into a turnstile
for the uplink.

I did increase receive gain in my PSK program once the pass started. I had
initially set it before the pass with the squelch open with full white
noise. I forgot the FM carrier would quiet the receiver, so I reset it
during the pass to bring the waterfall back to it's normal solid blue
background. Traces of the other stations were very easy to see.

I hope to experiment with this mode again and actually make a contact. After
reading about the receive antenna system and how it's coupled to the
wideband receiver I will have my kW online just in case.

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
AMSAT #29649
Local Area Coordinator
"A closed mouth gathers no feet."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhard Richter" <r.richter@dj1km.de>
To: "Emily Clarke" <w0eec@AMSAT.Org>
Cc: <cbuttsch@kcbx.net>; "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@usna.edu>;
<amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>; <ku4os@cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 3:37 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [amsat-bb] ECHO test of PSK-


> Hello Emily,
>
> Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 6:01:02 AM, you wrote:
>
> > I haven't had the time to make over my soundcard cable to go to two rigs
so
> > I can transmit on 10 and listen on 70cm, but I did listen on 70cm to the
> > entire pass of AO-51 0520 UTC and there was not one single PSK
transmission
> > even though the carrier was S9+
>
> recently G3PLX himself has tried without success and it was watched by
> Mirek OK2AQK. I spoke to Mirek at our 30 years anniversary of AMSAT-DL on
> last Saturday, and Mireks impression is, that the AF output of the onboard
10m
> receiver is insufficient to drive the downlink transmitter. Therefore is
> only little hope even with a very strong 10m uplink signal that something
> useful will come out.
>
> 73,
>  Reinhard
>  DJ1KM
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