two consecutive orbits, now... I took a snapshot of my computer screen showing the coarse tracking that Orbitron produces on UHF LEO's http://members.shaw.ca/sparkycivic/HAM/ao-7%20uhf%20beacon%202010jan25.JPG
73's
Auke
----- Original Message ----- From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:05 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this... 435.106MHz , no signs of modulation. Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
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