Used to be that the rule of thumb was to keep your signal below the level of the beacon...I don't know if that applies to the current birds. 73, Ricardo, W3/HK4BHA

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hooles Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:43 AM To: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] Re Power Levels Into Satellites

What would be useful for people coming into the satellite world would be a series of maximum recommended power levels for each of the satellites listed

on the AMSAT Website, e.g. SO50, Antenna - Eggbeater - 50 watts up to 30 degrees, 10 watts above. 1/4 wave ground plane - 50 watts 3 ele. beam 10 ele beam 12 ele beam etc. Also, listing modes. At the moment, many make the excuse they do not have the time, information, nor skills to calculate the levles. They're usually the ones that are 'deaf as a post' on the downlink as well Then any alligators could be steered to the relevant list.

Best Regards Mike G3LGR 33643

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