Autumn & Spring Equinox vs. Satellites
A little known fact. An equinox, both spring and autumn, will momentarily interrupt satellite communications. Bruce
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camperpaul wrote:Careful, the ham is coming out.... :)SCVJeff wrote:
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has nothing to do with any receiver no matter how 'touchy' it's perceived to be. The sun lines up behind the satellite and the solar noise is simply stronger than the received satellite signal on the ground. Happens to all satellites at some point with any antenna of any size.
The same thing happens when using the moon as a passive reflector for communications. The EME path becomes useless for three or four days.
This is not just during the equinox; it happens every time the there is a "new moon" and the moon's orbit is crossing the ecliptic.
Never much played with EME, but looks like fun.
