16 Aug
2011
16 Aug
'11
5:18 a.m.
An annoyingly high pass this evening (79 degrees, on the wrong side of a South-centered rotor)...
03:44z 8/16/2011 MET = 60 min IHU temp = +39c Control panel temp = +29c Battery = 35.58v Charge = -20ma
Satellite appeared to switch to low power mode right before this, as there were a couple of voice greetings ("Hi this is ARISSat-1") prior to the telemetry, then 2 minutes of silence.
When the satellite came back after the 2 minute pause, I tried hitting the transponder with some CW dits. Nothing heard on the downlink, though my rotor was horribly mispositioned at the time (ref the afore mentioned annoyingly high pass...).
Greg KO6TH