isn't cross-satellite operation involving signals travelling BETWEEN satellites before being heard by the other station? AO-16 and AO-51 have their uplinks in the SAME BAND, and downlinks also in the SAME BAND so wouldn't that make it impossible to for either satellite to react to the other?? The way I read this... you are hearing unintentional uplinks to the satellite you're listening on, just because the second sat has an identical uplink, and overlapping footprint. Please correct me if I'm interpreting this wrongly.
73 Auke ----- Original Message ----- From: n3tl@bellsouth.net To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] WB9L cross-satellite again
Hey folks,
Mike, WB9L, and I worked cross-satellite at 22:50 UTC. Mike was on AO-51 to the northeast, while I was working AO-16 to the southwest. I heard some other stations that I know were working AO-51, but didn't get any other contacts. Both satellites were low elevation to me here in north Georgia.
73,
Tim - N3TL AMSAT Member No. 36820 Athens, Ga. - EM84ha _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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