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From: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Shuttle reception
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Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 02:43:58 EDT
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In article <379@brl-tgr.ARPA> Michael.Chepponis@CMU-CS-C.ARPA (Mike Chepponis) writes:
>Has anybody been able to copy acceptable SSTV from the shuttle?  Here in
>Pittsburgh at W3VC, we've been able to hear faint signals on orbit #50, and
>much stronger signals on orbit #52, but nothing at all on any other orbit.

In Phoenix, I have copied 5 orbits and worked him once. On all orbits he was
weaker than W5LFL was, with the strongest signal an S4 (??) on AZDEN 3000.
I have no SSTV equipment so have not looked at images, although they are
on tape and will be decoded at a friends QTH. Antenna system is KLM 14 el
vertically polarized beam with accurate AZ tracking and EL of 0 degrees.
The weak signals were heard on relatively close orbits that would have been
S9 on the W5LFL mission, so I wonder if his ERP is down for some reason.

	John NJ7E