July 5 Central Time -- Today I've only heard periodic distorted bursts of signal on 145.800 for the ISS passes in range of Chicago.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe
Pereira
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 6:02 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Tanyusha 1 (RS6S) heard over southwestern USA earlier today
This afternoons pass for me was at a high elevation and all 4 languages heard very clear with a good strong signal.
73 Joe
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 7:19 AM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) < [email protected]> wrote:
Hi!
It looks like Tanyusha 1 was activated on schedule today, as I heard it on 145.800 MHz as the ISS passed over the western USA around 1918 UTC today. This was a very high pass over central Arizona, maximum elevation of 62 degrees. As I tried (unsuccessfully) to work stations on the 145.825 MHz packet digipeater with my TH-D74, I used the audio recording function on the HT to capture the signals on 145.800 MHz. My recording would momentarily cut out whenever the HT transmitted, but I only missed the identification before one of the 3 messages I heard.
According to the ARISS press release from last week, Tanyusha 1 transmits messages in Russian, English, Spanish, and Chinese. I copied 3 of those 4 messages, missing only the Spanish message. Before each message played, the satellite would identify itself in English, "Romeo Sierra Six Sierra".
I have posted links to the recordings I made in a post on the QRZ satellite forum earlier this afternoon. That post can be found at:
https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/tanyusha-1-rs6s-and-tanyusha -2-rs7s.572691/
The MP3 files with each of the messages, the RS6S identification, and the WAV file from my TH-D74 can also be found in my Dropbox space at:
(look in folder "20170704-ISS_on_145.800_MHz")
I'm not sure if I'll be able to get much from the other satellite once it is activated, since pass times aren't very convenient for my work schedule later this week. It would be nice to get the Spanish message, to go with the other 3 I copied earlier today.
73!
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