Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: unknown satellite Message-ID: <252@petrus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 16:35:37 EST Article-I.D.: petrus.252 Posted: Wed Jan 9 16:35:37 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 08:09:35 EST References: <157@sask.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 14 I just ran a check on the reported time for Pete's observations and found that RS-8 was just setting (at 00:07 UTC) (I assume you meant the 8th of January, not December, Pete!) One possibility is that you were hearing below-the-horizon signals from a bird, probably RS-5, since I heard a report last night that it is failing and the telemetry is sending garbage. (After all, 10 meters *is* supposed to be a DX band, at least once in a while). This has been reported numerous times with 10 meter satellite beacons, and the phenomenon seems to occur most often when the satellite is near the antipode. At that time, RS-5 was at an elevation of -65 degrees to your QTH. Phil Karn, KA9Q