I took a couple month hiatus over the winter (since I was under 10 ft of snow), and now I’m back working SO-50 from work, and ramping up on the linear birds in the evening. On the last two SO-50 passes I worked (one “overhead” Saturday night, and one at 25deg an hour ago) the bird dropped out about mid-pass. I don’t remember this happening before. I use an FT530, 432-pre-amp, and Arrow antenna. With clear sky, SO-50 is pretty much full-scale. Is this antenna shielding on the bird by the bird (it has a 1/4 whip on one corner, correct)? How fast does SO-50 tumble? I am losing the 2nd half of the passes, and I don’t remember it doing that before. Bill W1PA
It could just be the 10 minute timer, and waiting for someone to transmit with a 74.4 PL tone to re-arm. I experience that regularly up here in the north as the pass goes beyond the 49th parallel!
Cheers, Bill VE6WK
On 2015-04-21 12:47 PM, Bill ACITO, W1PA wrote:
I took a couple month hiatus over the winter (since I was under 10 ft of snow), and now I’m back working SO-50 from work, and ramping up on the linear birds in the evening. On the last two SO-50 passes I worked (one “overhead” Saturday night, and one at 25deg an hour ago) the bird dropped out about mid-pass. I don’t remember this happening before. I use an FT530, 432-pre-amp, and Arrow antenna. With clear sky, SO-50 is pretty much full-scale. Is this antenna shielding on the bird by the bird (it has a 1/4 whip on one corner, correct)? How fast does SO-50 tumble? I am losing the 2nd half of the passes, and I don’t remember it doing that before. Bill W1PA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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