Peter,
Not any evidence from Europe, but WD9EWK reported good downlink signals from AO-73 on a westerly pass from his QTH in Arizona while running just 500 mW to an Elk antenna last night.
The AAR29 AO-73 log page also reports several QSOs from Europe today: http://aar29.free.fr/sat/ao73/ao73log.php
Have you checked VO-52 and AO-7 Mode B passes to rule out a problem on your end?
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Peter Wilson protest@virginmedia.com wrote:
Hi All,
I reported AO-73 as being deaf a few days ago and I had a few responses which explained that it might be "alligators" or possibly a Military Radar station in the North of the UK causing interference.
Tonight at 21:56 we had a high elevation pass in the UK - same again.
I have made over 70 contacts through Funcube, so I don't think it's me. Tonight was a Westerly pass which is away from the Military site on the East Coast.
Anyone else having the same issues from Europe ???
Peter
G8KEK
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