If you could copy the cq could you copy the call?
At 432 MHz the AO-7 uplink is actually in the weak signal part of the band. It is very possible a weak signal station unknowingly did this...
A friendly email to the station may help!
73, Joe kk0sd
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 4:08 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Are we ever going to learn?
AO-7 was sounding pretty good. Very strong signals over North America around 2200Z, I was having a nice QSO with KC4LE, reducing my power to 1 watt when my signal started to warble a bit, until someone started CQing in CW with such a strong signal that the whole passband was pulsing up and down. Eventually the Mode B transponder shut off under the strain.
Using excessive power on a linear transponder is a violation of two sections of Part 97: using minimum power necessary to complete the communcations and causing harmful interference to other stations. We need an ARRL OO to listen to a few passes and send some OO notices!
73,
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