RE: [amsat-bb] get a clue...

["Capt. Rich Clark" <rclark5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Too true Kevin, But Im on the rave side not to rant.

I think it has to do more with EARS then power level although
this is the effect we see...  You try to hear yourself (first rule
of any amateur communications, is to listen, then try to hear yourself).
If you have bad ears you overpower and overdrive the bird.  Sad
but true.

I would suggest to keep track of squint and make sure you have
the best chance of hearing your signal (we blew off taking our new
dish to a local hamfest due to bad projected squint)then as always
(another golden rule) is to reduce power to the minimum required to
establish communications)...

My .04

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org]On
Behalf Of kevin schuchmann
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:56 PM
To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: [amsat-bb] get a clue...


Hi All,
   could people please get a clue on AO40?  everyone has run too much power
at one time or another
including myself... but I try not to... yet there are stations that are
always way too loud... pass after pass... I'm talking beacon level here...

GET A CLUE!!! tune down and look at the beacon, I don't care what your setup
is... it doesn't matter..
but look at that beacon... see where it is on your meter??? be under it by
at least a couple s units....

 and another thing,everyone loves to praise cw, how it can get through when
ssb wont cut it.... then how come so many cw stations are beacon level???
DUH!!!

I'm sure that a lot of people have seen this behavior and have seen the
results... agc clamping the passband... and splatter and  images on the
passband....

If you only get the beacon a s unit or two above your noise guess what...
you need to fix your receive and probably shouldn't be on the sat till you
fix that....

ok rant mode off... shields up!!

Kevin
WA6FWF






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