Hi Jake,

Oh, so THAT explains it! I heard you on SO-50 last night, called you back a few times but it didn't seem like you ever heard me. No one else was on the bird at the time -- my duplex downlink was full quieting at the time so I knew I was making it in as well. I was intrigued by your CM88 grid (same as mine) and wanted to know where you were -- after the pass I looked you up, saw you were just south of me, but couldn't find an email with which to contact you.

Anyway, you were solid into SO-50. I didn't hear any noise whatsoever on the sat during the pass, but occasionally I hear a "popping" noise about S3-S4 on the UHF bands either locally (Fairfield) or even as far away as Mt Lassen when I go QRP-portable.

Best regards,

Dave KB5WIA / CM88

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Giacobbe Lauser 23tauri@gmail.com wrote:

Is anyone else in Northern California having interference on the SATS from PAVE/PAWS, particularly on the downlink for SO-50?

I notice some S3+ modulated noise blocking all weak signals. If I'm lucky, I hear the Sats at S3, so the noise is really squashing at least that Sat and others on passes to the north.

• Jake, K3UAZ

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