----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sanford" wb4gcs@amsat.org To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:40 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] S-band on Eagle
Ladies and gentlemen:
As one of you commented this evening, AO-40 wasn't exactly a rock crusher on S-band. It worked, and adequately, at least on CW, but was not great.
Hi James, WB4GCS
Not true ! If one of us commented that AO40 was not great and only was usable at least on CW it means that his own station was not adeguate for it and not the satellite was responsible and one non able to fly swallow does not make a summer. By the experience of users majority the S-band downlink of AO40 was great and the best ever made by AMSAT
As I reflect on my personal AO-40 experiences, I now understand that there are 2 reasons for my disappointment. Local noise was one, and transponder distortion was another --
If local noise was a problem for you it was not a problem for the world wide majority of S-downlink users
Distorsion is not completely true ! Warbling and not distorsion was only present when RUDAK was operating so another swallow that not make a summer.
Thanks again and very 73,
Jim
James A. Sanford, PE Eagle Project Manager wb4gcs@amsat.org
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