Hi Paul,
Thank you for your message and I am delighted to hear that the transponder works well for you! We have just woken up to some very nice messages of the transponder working.
The stability of the oscillators on Nayif-1 should be better as compared to FUNcube, UKube and QB50p1
73s
Wouter A6/PA3WEG
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Paul Stoetzer [email protected] wrote:
Made my first QSOs on the Nayif-1 transponder on the 0305Z pass covering most of North America. I worked AC0RA in Texas, AA5PK in Texas, NP4JV in Arizona, W5PFG in Texas, and WN9Q in Wisconsin from my QTH in southwest Washington, DC. I also heard KO4MA in Florida and NR0T in Minnesota.
Signals were generally strong, with some fading at points. It seems to work at least as well as AO-73's transponder. As I was operating manually, I could not precisely evaluate the frequency stability, but I had no trouble finding myself very quickly. It was much easier than finding myself on an equivalent pass of AO-73.
Equipment used:
2 x Yaesu FT-817 High Sierra Microwave LNA146FIL preamp Microset VUR-30 amplifier (about 22 watts max on 70cm) Arrow II 146/437-14 Antenna (handheld)
Congratulations to the Nayif-1 team on a successful launch and activation of the satellite!
73,
Paul, N8HM