[OZAPRS] PCSAT alive and well

[Robert Bruninga]

> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] PCSAT alive and well
> What sort of antenna u running ?
> Bob tells me RAFT and ANDE require beams ?

Yes, if you want to hear down to the horizon.  But a whip will
hear a few packets a day at the center of the two best passes of
the day.  On an oerhead pass, the satellites are 6 to 10 dB
closer.  Hence, a whip will do nicely.  But the satellites are
only "overhead" like 10% of the total times they are in view.

Hence, use beams if you want longer pass times.

Use a whip for an unattended SATgate (which combines it's few
packets with a few packets from other such whip ground stations
for good accumulation by FINDU)...  That's why we can use more
satgates especially if they are widely separated and in very
remote locations like Islands and other places besides the USA,
Canada, Europe and the east coast of Australia and NZ.
Bob, WB4APR

Bob
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> Andrew Rich
> Amateur radio callsign VK4TEC
> email: vk4tec at tech-software.net
<mailto:vk4tec at tech-software.net> 
> web: http://www.tech-software.net
> Brisbane AUSTRALIA 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott & Clare Evans [mailto:clareandscott at bigpond.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 January 2007 7:10 PM
> To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] PCSAT alive and well
> 
> 
> I'm Rx only here in southern VK7 (SGATE)
> 
> Hearing NO-44, RAFT & COMAND-1 so far...
> 
> 73 de VK7HSE Scott Evans
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