Hi, at present on AO51 I am using my VX2e handheld attached to my 6 ele X yagi (indoor yagi) as my homebrew CTCSS board on my FT-480r is not working correctly. I have had really big problems with what at times seems to be almost deliberate jamming and what sounds like a 'pip' tone being keyed every few seconds. Again not wanting to point fingers I find the low westerly passes far quiter than the easterly passes which seem almost completely jammed with noise or just what appears 'chit chat'! regards Gus M0IKB ----- Original Message ----- From: amsat-bb-request@amsat.org To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:00 PM Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 78

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Today's Topics:

1. Omid in South America (Raul Romero)
2. Experience with AO-51 145.880 MHz uplink (OZ1MY)

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:36:16 -0300 From: "Raul Romero" ce3soc@gmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Omid in South America To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Message-ID: 373CCD1300E94F3C957F9731B1A3820A@dualcore Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

very nice Copy 59 + 10 db only with

dual band movil antenna opek uvs-325 ??

and 18 meter heliax 1/2 with my FT-847

sorry not video next pass

Raul

CA3SOC CHILE FF46rj

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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:25:32 +0100 From: "OZ1MY" oz1my@privat.dk Subject: [amsat-bb] Experience with AO-51 145.880 MHz uplink To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Message-ID: 000501c99135$80703020$6401a8c0@opasia.dk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hi all, Right now AO-51 is running with a second repeater, for QRP stations here over Europe. Yesterday and today I have listened - and the uplink is partially blocked by a station in the south of Ukraine or somewhere with the same latitude. Yesterday with a long conversation in a language that sounded like Russian to me. Today there was nobody talking but a clean carrier from the same region.

BUT - there were stations in Arab ? from North Africa ? The usual QRM from misuse in Spain - when AO-51 had cleared that in a more northern position it works very well even with my QRP station with 3 W and an omnidirectional antenna :-)

I would very much appreciate help to identify and stop the problem. As it is now, QRP stations will have a very hard time using the second repeater.

Please no flames - I just try to make AO-51 more usefull to all of us. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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