Hi John The CAS-2T has just passed over Brazil and the beacon still are working , very strong . The problem in my opinion looks that the sat reset before finish the complete set of caracteres , I mean , sometimes it send CASI or CASE , even CAS only . Since the number 2 must be the next letter , I think it can not TX the entire "2" (. . _ _ _ ) Just my guess. 73
2016-11-25 16:26 GMT-02:00 John Papay john@papays.com:
Some are reporting hearing the beacon of CAS-2T, however, I had not been hearing it for the past few days. Yesterday I set it on the Beacon Frequency and waited without tuning around. Sure enough it was eventually heard, but not in a continuous stream. It would send "CE" and then go silent for a while. Then it would send "CASS" and go silent, maybe for a minute or two before sending "CE" again. No response on the voice repeater frequency. In the past it had stuttered when activated.
The HO-68 beacon was heard on frequency sending the data but often times it would stop sending in the middle of the data group. It would go off for some time and then come back sending a few characters before going off again. The beacon frequency has been absolutely stable for years. Frequency settings have not been changed here for years and it is always right there every time.
73, John K8YSE/7
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