[MilCom] 254.2 Activity

[lrk]

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 08:25:30AM -0500, Larry Van Horn, N5FPW wrote:
> 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.
> 
> > 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.

I did check last night and verified this signal is only coming from about
20 degrees above my east horizon. I could also verify the ATC traffic was
from that satellite.


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