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Delphi C3 pass2023
by Alan Cresswell 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Nothing heard on the first sunlit pass over ZL. (20:23UT 10el X Yagi, TS2000, AZ/El control) Perhaps related to loss of signal at 1945? Alan ZL2BX

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Re: Delfi-C3 HEARD, strong signal over the Delfi-C3 groundstat...
by G0MRF＠aol.com 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi. Received good signals from DelfiC3 tonight in IO91TK 15km west of London. Nice to hear another satellite on 2m. Just love that low path loss! 145.930 IC706 + 10m RG58 to roof mounted vertical. No pre-amp. Signals 18dB above noise. Nominal distance to satellite 1400km The signal abruptly disappeared at 19:45 and 5 seconds. ( Command from ground station?) This was not the usual transistion as a satellite pases over the horizon Anyway, strong signals so very good news. Well done Delft University of Technology. David

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Delfi C-3 received 21:42UTC in JO40JA
by Jens Kirsten 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Delfi C-3 received in JO40JA at 21:42 UTC on Monday 28th of April Telemetry decoded with RASCAL software. Great job by the Delfi C-3 Team! Screenshot can be found here: http://www.mydarc.de/dl2fjk/Delfi-C3_RASCAL.jpg Best 73! Jens - DL2FJK

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delfi-c3 1939utc pass in io92jp
by Robert Turlington 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi All I copied a good pass of Delfi-c3 from 1939utc got lots of telemetry87 packets in all but the transmissions stopped abruptly at approx 1945utcRegards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ 100’s of prizes to be won at BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

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witch object corresponde witch object
by Pedro Cruz 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

HI to all any one know witch object correspont witch sat. Best 73 ! Pedro Cruz - CU2JX

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Delfi-C3 heard over TU Delft Groundstation 1843 UTC
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

All, Delfi-C3 was heard again over the Delfi-C3 groundstation at 1843 UTC with solid signals on 145.930MHz 1200bd BPSK, using the "old" TLE's which are still on our mission ops page at: http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=1… it's been a long and exciting day! 73 Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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DELFI-C3 heard in JN35
by Piero Baudino 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Dear all, just heard the satellite during the pass starting at about 19.35 UTC. The sat was transmitting on 145.930, I have used RASCAL to try to decode the signal, but It was very difficult for me, it was very difficult to "Sync" the signal, and so nothing was decoded. My setup: - ICOM IC-910H - antenna KLM 2x7 el. - signal sometimes better in RHCP, sometimes in LHCP - signal about S3-S4 I'll try again tomorrow .... Best '73 de Piero IZ1ERR JN35UI - north west Italy

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Congrats to Delfi-C3 and all other Cubesat teams
by William Leijenaar 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi AMSATs, I am happy to hear that the PSLV-C9 has safely delivered all the new ham satellites in their orbit. My congratulations to all the people who have worked on this. Also to the ISRO team, as I met some of them in 2005. In 2005 the PSLV-C6 was the rocket that brought my transponder onboard VO-52 into space, and now some 3 years later the Delfi-C3 added another Dutch transponder in space. It gives a great feeling when after many hours of work the satellite is safe in space and doing its job. Even after 3 years the memory that is still clear in my mind is the actual launch of PSLV-C6, with the noise of the engine and extreem bright light from the flame that comes out of the rocket engine. Finaly silence comes back and a trail of smoke is left. Then its waiting for the first sign of life from the satellite, what seems to take ages hihi. I just checked the orbit of Delfi-C3 and the interresting thing that I noticed is that Delfi-C3 and VO-52 are in the same orbit, even the hight is almost the same. This can be interresting as one can hop from one to the other satellite when they are passing. However, VO-52 is little faster in speed than DELFI-C3 and somewhere in May/June they will be almost at the same place. Wonder how that will work out hihi... Unfortunatly I have QRL at daytime, but Wednesday and Thursday is QRL off and will have my ear listen to Delfi-C3 and all the other new sats. Good job to all the teams, Delfi-C3, SEEDS, Cute1.7, Compass-1, AAUSAT-II, and CANX-2 73 PE1RAH William Leijenaar --- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Strong signal from Delfi over Canada
by Jean-Pierre Houle 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Very strong signal from Delfi telemetry transmitter on 15:07 U.T.C 28 April 2008. Maximum elevation was 58 degres but was unable to synchronize de telemetry decoding software,will have to get use of the doppler shift which was quite high for this pass that was almost overhead. Set up here is: Receiver: Yaesu FT-726R Antenna: Cushcraft 10 elements Yagi, Azimuth and elevation controlled. The bird was at the rendez-vous using the kepler elements downloaded from the Delfi website. Have recorded the entire pass in wav format. Good work and congratulations to the Delfi team! Best 73 to all! Jean-Pierre VE2AHD

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AO-7 Log book?
by Chris Bloy 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi all, Any idea why no one is updating the Planet Emily site? Last entry is April 30th with “Please: keep this field CLEAR. NO Comments here (like "CQ" etc) - ONLY CALLSIGNS. Tks for cooperation – 73” as the comment? Thanks, Chris – M0DQO No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1401 - Release Date: 28/04/2008 07:18

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