It might have happened before on some of the Mode K satellites, due to F2, but not sure if the other modes would work below the horizon, as getting the conditions right on both bands would be pretty tough. Tropo wouldn't get high enough into the air to get into the satellite. Has anyone heard AO7 in mode A when it is below your horizon due to F2 skip extending your range of the satelllite?
73s John AA5JG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Dzurilla" billdz.geo@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:25 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Is it 100% impossible to work a satellite below thehorizon?
I was giving a presentation at our club meeting called Working DX on the Satellites and afterwards someone had a good question: is it at all possible that tropo, skip, or other form of enhanced propagation can enable a contact via a satellite below the horizon?
It has never happened to me. Has it ever happened?
73, Bill NZ5N
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