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John Lemay
The recent query about G8MBU has reminded me to ask about GB3NGI on 23cms:-
A couple of weeks ago I used aircraft scatter to compare a dish with a small box of yagis, and on both antennas I had decodes of the JT4G about 15 times per hour. I repeated the test this weekend, but over many hours, there was not a single decode. That's a bit of a surprise, because it usually seems to me that regardless of tropo conditions, aircraft scatter can be pretty reliable. GB3NGI was last spotted on Beaconspot on the 18th July. So, I am wondering, is it functioning normally ? John G4ZTR |
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Richard GD8EXI
John
Appears to be functioning fine here visually in IO74PC only 144Kms away but through a 230 metre very steep hill. Screen shoot attached. As to strength looks about average but about 30dB weaker than at one point last week when there was good tropo. Richard GD8EXI On 25/07/2022, 16:37, "John Lemay" <john@...> wrote: > The recent query about G8MBU has reminded me to ask about GB3NGI on 23cms:- > > A couple of weeks ago I used aircraft scatter to compare a dish with a small > box of yagis, and on both antennas I had decodes of the JT4G about 15 times > per hour. > > I repeated the test this weekend, but over many hours, there was not a > single decode. That's a bit of a surprise, because it usually seems to me > that regardless of tropo conditions, aircraft scatter can be pretty > reliable. > > GB3NGI was last spotted on Beaconspot on the 18th July. > > So, I am wondering, is it functioning normally ? > > John G4ZTR > > > > > > |
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Gordon GI6ATZ
Hi John
There was a power outage at the site over the weekend - not sure when it started (sometime mid Saturday) and power was restored yesterday morning at 10:00am so maybe that’s why you didn’t hear it. I only found out about it late Saturday night when the GSM switch reported it was running on battery. There was a recent site visit (not by me) to reprogram the 70cms beacon and as part of that visit the beacons were to be moved onto the site genny but looks like that didn’t work out. Will have to renegotiate another visit to get that done. Gordon GI6ATZ |
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Hearing it fine here in JO02SS, about 1 decode in 4 passes today reporting -23 to -21.
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Phil G4LPP On 25 Jul 2022, at 20:37, Gordon GI6ATZ via groups.io <gordon.curry@...> wrote: |
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John Lemay
Thanks Gordon, Phil and Richard
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Pleased to say that normal service seems to have resumed; 13 decodes in the last hour, with the best at -14dB. Temporary aerial, 4 x 23 ele at about 20ft. Regards John G4ZTR -----Original Message-----
From: UKMicrowaves@groups.io [mailto:UKMicrowaves@groups.io] On Behalf Of Phil G4LPP Sent: 25 July 2022 23:41 To: UKMicrowaves@groups.io Subject: Re: [UKMicrowaves] GB3NGI Hearing it fine here in JO02SS, about 1 decode in 4 passes today reporting -23 to -21. Phil G4LPP On 25 Jul 2022, at 20:37, Gordon GI6ATZ via groups.io <gordon.curry@...> wrote: |
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