Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
73 de Dave KB5WIA / CM88
Thanks for the heads up. It's likely an echolink or irlp node. Does anyone have a recording? If we can nail the call down I'll follow up with them.
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:18 AM, David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
73 de Dave KB5WIA / CM88 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Hi Dave,
KD7QAF is an ex call sign (now AC7VA - Washington) and KD7QAN is a op in Yuma, AZ. From the looks of his QRZ page he has not been very active, so I would doubt if he has a repeater.
73!
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:58 AM To: David Palmer Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Idaho Repeater QRM on uplink?
Thanks for the heads up. It's likely an echolink or irlp node. Does anyone have a recording? If we can nail the call down I'll follow up with them.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:18 AM, David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
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Hi Zack,
Yeah, noticed the same, KD7QAF likely wasn't the correct call. My ears hadn't fully woken up yet this morning, darn it!
Maybe it was KD7QAS I heard ... that's an IRLP node in Middleton, ID, and the robot voice definitely announced Middleton. And "F" and "S" do sound kinda alike.....
Dave
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Zachary Beougher zack.kd8ksn@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Dave,
KD7QAF is an ex call sign (now AC7VA - Washington) and KD7QAN is a op in Yuma, AZ. From the looks of his QRZ page he has not been very active, so I would doubt if he has a repeater.
73!
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:58 AM To: David Palmer Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Idaho Repeater QRM on uplink?
Thanks for the heads up. It's likely an echolink or irlp node. Does anyone have a recording? If we can nail the call down I'll follow up with them.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:18 AM, David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
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Sounds like a good guess.
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: David Palmer Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:20 PM To: Zachary Beougher Cc: Andrew Glasbrenner ; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Idaho Repeater QRM on uplink?
Hi Zack,
Yeah, noticed the same, KD7QAF likely wasn't the correct call. My ears hadn't fully woken up yet this morning, darn it!
Maybe it was KD7QAS I heard ... that's an IRLP node in Middleton, ID, and the robot voice definitely announced Middleton. And "F" and "S" do sound kinda alike.....
Dave
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Zachary Beougher zack.kd8ksn@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Dave,
KD7QAF is an ex call sign (now AC7VA - Washington) and KD7QAN is a op in Yuma, AZ. From the looks of his QRZ page he has not been very active, so I would doubt if he has a repeater.
73!
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:58 AM To: David Palmer Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Idaho Repeater QRM on uplink?
Thanks for the heads up. It's likely an echolink or irlp node. Does anyone have a recording? If we can nail the call down I'll follow up with them.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:18 AM, David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
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John, K8YSE, records almost all of the FM LEO passes... it'll probably be up on his site within the next couple of hours. http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html
I will check for any Echolink or IRLP nodes for that call sign or area when I get home. Hopefully we can get hold of the owner & get them to move it out of the satellite sub-band. We had one here in the Chicago area a couple of years ago, and got it to move pretty quickly.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----
From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com To: David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 10:58:44 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 - Idaho Repeater QRM on uplink?
Thanks for the heads up. It's likely an echolink or irlp node. Does anyone have a recording? If we can nail the call down I'll follow up with them.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:18 AM, David Palmer zdap42@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I'd relay a bit of QRM I observed on AO-51 on this morning's 3/16/2011 1322z pass. The bird was totally quiet (just a nice carrier) for the first 5 minutes of the pass, but then it sounded like a repeater was getting into the sat uplink:
3/16 1327z: "Connected, KD7QAF repeater." 3/16 1328z: "KD7QAF repeater disconnected." 3/16 1328z: "hey Stacy did I see you at the corner there by Wendys?" 3/16 1330z: "...repeater in Middleton, Idaho."
Pretty minor as far as QRM goes, but I just wanted to flag it up in case anyone knows of a KD7QAF repeater (call might have been KD7QAN?) that's got an output near 145.920. Might be worth letting them know they're getting into a sat.
Also had a nice chat with Kerry WC7V on the same pass -- I'd forgotten how nice it is to work AO-51 on the early morning passes, it's a fantastic satellite!!! The morning passes aren't crowded at all, and '51 has such beautiful clear audio and great coverage.
73 de Dave KB5WIA / CM88
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