Sorry, -13 dB. Kind of distracted with getting my dish set up. 73, Ed - KL7UW
At 10:38 AM 4/16/2010, Edward Cole wrote: >Alan, > >Are you saying try a different CP? If you are linear it should not >matter what orientation you chose (that is assuming Arecibo is >CP). I am not ready with the dish so I quickly tried with my M2 >11-element yagi (fixed on horizon) into 0.5 dB GasFet Preamp (Moon >was 14-deg elevation). Nothing heard on their published freq. of >432.045. Now I see they were on 432.040 (didn't tune that far >down). If they were running 20w instead of 400w that is -23 dB on >their signal which will make it hard for small yagis to copy (even CW >with narrow filters). > >Back to work on the dish. >My 436CP42 is out of commission due to apparently burning out the >pots in my B5400 az-el rotator (long story). > >73, Ed - KL7UW > >At 09:50 AM 4/16/2010, Alan P. Biddle wrote: > >Also hearing them. Be certain, if you can, to try different polarity. It > >does make a difference. > > > >Alan > >WA4SCA > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > >Behalf Of Sebastian > >Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:46 PM > >To: Mark L.Hammond > >Cc: AMSAT BB > >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo > > > >I can hear very faint CW from them. > > > >I'm surprised as I have just a single yagi, and apparently their amp isn't > >working. > > > >73 de W4AS > > > >On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > > > > > Just copied somebody on CW! > > > > > > N8MH > >_______________________________________________ > >Sent via amsat...@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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sent via amsat...@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 > >73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 >====================================== >BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com >EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 >DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com >====================================== > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via amsat...@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 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com ====================================== _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@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
