John, K8YSE, records almost all of the FM LEO passes... it'll probably be up on his site within the next couple of hours. http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html
I will check for any Echolink or IRLP nodes for that call sign or area when I get home. Hopefully we can get hold of the owner & get them to move it out of the satellite sub-band. We had one here in the Chicago area a couple of years ago, and got it to move pretty quickly.
George, KA3HSW
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From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com To: David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 10:58:44 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Idaho Repeater QRM on uplink?
Thanks for the heads up. It's likely an echolink or irlp node. Does anyone have a recording? If we can nail the call down I'll follow up with them.
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:18 AM, David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
73 de Dave KB5WIA / CM88