[BC] Wind and STL Mutes

[Bruce Potterton]

Interesting theory, but in my case with the same antennas I could switch
to composite analog during the wind gusts and I had clean clear audio no
dropouts no static bursts and the RF signal strength remains constant.
With analog even the remote control subcarriers remain error free.

I also have a 5.8 GHz BE Big Pipe link on the same path (different
antennas) and it has no problems the BER remains steady while I can
watch the BER on the Starlink goes up in proportion to the wind gusts
until it mutes.

We are talking very strong gust up to 50 MPH!

Bruce Potterton
KSGN

-----Original Message-----
From: r.j.carpenter

Agreed that this was optical and not UHF, and it was CW and they didn't 
measure apparent path length changes as mentioned by RichardBJohnson. I 
think it brings up the question of how narrow is your transmitting beam.

This in addition to the time/propagation delay issue mentioned by
Richard.

bob carpenter