268.440 South American radio station

[mancow]

I finally got off my rear and hooked up the RAMP75 amp/preamp and put the satcom antenna on the roof. Man what a difference!

I am getting a South American radio station that is rock solid with great audio on 268.440 plus the rest of the pirate stuff as well too on other freqs.

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[prcguy]

What antenna?
prcguy

 

[mancow]

D&M DMC120 (no directors) sitting on the roof about 20' pointed S/W. Ramp75 in satcom preamp mode to about 53ft of 1/4" hard line. AOR AR8600 SFM mode.

 

[prcguy]

Most people reading would not realize the preamp you are using cost $12k.
prcguy

D&M DMC120 (no directors) sitting on the roof about 20' pointed S/W. Ramp75 in satcom preamp mode to about 53ft of 1/4" hard line. AOR AR8600 SFM mode.

 

[mancow]

Must be the reason it works so well!

I noticed the filters are like brick walls. Nothing gets by it if it's outside that 244-270 range.

 

[zz0468]

Kinda overkill for satcom monitoring, but it's a pretty neat toy.

 

[mancow]

I agree, glad I didn't pay that much . Also functions as a 30-512 amp which is a handy feature.

 

[SCPD]

Im getting them weak but readable on the X-wing and a pre-amp. Any idea which sat is utilizing 268.440? I don't see that one on the Fltsat band plan list.

 

[prcguy]

From your location its either the 103/105deg slot over the central US or the 22.5deg slot over the Atlantic ocean. Tilt your X-wing slightly to the south west or south east and see which one picks up better. The 103/105deg slot to the south west is well within the lobe of the X-wing but 22.5 is a bit low and tilting may improve things.
prcguy

Im getting them weak but readable on the X-wing and a pre-amp. Any idea which sat is utilizing 268.440? I don't see that one on the Fltsat band plan list.

 

[SCPD]

From your location its either the 103/105deg slot over the central US or the 22.5deg slot over the Atlantic ocean. Tilt your X-wing slightly to the south west or south east and see which one picks up better. The 103/105deg slot to the south west is well within the lobe of the X-wing but 22.5 is a bit low and tilting may improve things.
prcguy

I have to throw the ladder up and adjust it a bit. Right now its pointed south east. Im getting the beacons on 250.450 and 250.550 at about an S8. Im also getting Skynet 5C with a really good signal as well.

 

[ncjay]

I have a good signal from this one here in NC, definitely directional toward our southwest. This is Radio Cajamarca Viva in Cajamarca, Peru - audio matches their webstream at ::: RADIO CAJAMARCA VIVA LA RADIO DE TODOS ::: 1030 AM - 101.3 FM ::::.

 

[mancow]

Nice ID on that. I was wondering where it came from.

 

[mancow]

What can you monitor off Skynet 5C?

I have to throw the ladder up and adjust it a bit. Right now its pointed south east. Im getting the beacons on 250.450 and 250.550 at about an S8. Im also getting Skynet 5C with a really good signal as well.