Ken,
I had a listen yesterday but heard nothing, will listen this afternoon. Just had a magnificent pass on FO-29 with seven stations contacted. The whole station worked like a charm, next pass in an hour or so covers quite a bit of the east coast USA.
Using: RX: Airspy Mini, TX: TS-2000, Innov Yagis for 2m / 70cms, AlfaSPID, Own software
No fading on the satellite at all, was a stonking signal from AOS to LOS.
See you Sunday...
Simon Brown, GK4ELI http://sdr-radio.com
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of GW1FKY--- via AMSAT-BB Sent: 28 September 2016 11:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Alsat-1N ( Pratham ) satellite Beacon heard
Hi all, Pleased to report that I heard the beacon ( 145.980 mhz ) on Alsat -1n - Pratham on this mornings pass here in Wales - UK The pass was at 0945 GMT and being at a reasonable height easy to monitor. I used the keps that were originally posted and my equipment my usual Kenwood TS 2000 and tracking with the "ELK " antenna. If I get a chance I will listen again on the next pass and perhaps get a recording - I wonder how the data downlink was performing if switched on whilst over France.? Congratulations to the team and also of course to "ISRO" for the success on the launch. Ken Eaton GW1FKY _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb