[MilCom] 254.2 Activity

[Larry Van Horn, N5FPW]

Yep Lynn, you are right. I reran the 34w and darn if Calgary can see it very 
very low on the horizon. Looks like it gets a bit better view on the 
northern swing of its inclined orbit which would certainly explain why it 
seems to come up in strength for Jody. So Skynet 4D is in the mix. Guess we 
need a beam heading to see were it is coming from.

Chief

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
ATC (AW)      USN (Ret)
MT Milcom/Help Desk Columnist
Assistant Editor Monitoring Times
Blog Address: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lrk" <milcom1 at ovillatx.sytes.net>
To: "Larry Van Horn, N5FPW" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>
Cc: "Bryan Herbert" <bryan at bryanherbert.com>; "MILCOM" 
<milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] 254.2 Activity


> On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 08:00:10AM -0500, Larry Van Horn, N5FPW wrote:
>> > Skynet 4F stationed over the Atlantic does operate on 254.200, the same
>> > satellite also sends out data on 257.325.
>> > Based on what folks are posting on the RadioMonitors list id have to 
>> > say
>> > it is probably that bird.
>>
>> As I told Jody in a private email offlist, I have looked at both the 
>> Skynet
>> 4D and 4F milsats which has downlinks on 254.200 MHz. And they have to be
>> ruled out since both of their orbital slots are way to far east for their
>> uplinks to pickup any transmissions from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
>> According to the latest information I have from the SSC# catalog, Skynet 
>> 4d
>> is at 34 west and 4f is at 6 deg east. This puts Calgary way out of both
>> birds footprint. There are three other scenarios that make sense.
>
> I looked this morning and see only the 254.2 and 257.325 transponders from
> about 20 degrees above my eastern horizon. That would make the 34 west 
> slot
> a possibility. I can't receive GEOsats east of about 17 west.
>
>
> I will check again this evening to see if there is something different.
>
>
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