This is the way it has always been with this bird, I posted this about a month ago....
From: Jeff Griffin [mailto:kb2m@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, December 9, 2013 9:38 AM To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org' Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Auburn sat
I also worked AO-73 for the first time this weekend (thanks all involved for the new sat) and noticed the frequency shift also. As the bird came up I found my D/L at about 5k higher than the advertised center frequency. What was different was that by the end of the pass, the D/L ended up about 10k higher than the Doppler adjustment supplied by PCSat32. It was like, as the transponder was being used and warmed up it went higher in frequency. I found that during several QSO's I made, I had to adjust the D/L up several times. As I had just worked VO-52 this was noticeably different. I'm not complaining, I just thought this worth mentioning :-)
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 4:43 PM To: Peter Wilson Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-73 Doppler shift
Yep, it drifts. Best to tune that one by hand in my opinion. G0MRF addressed it in an email to the -bb a while ago if I recall correctly.
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Jan 10, 2014, at 4:26 PM, "Peter Wilson" protest@virginmedia.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm having great fun on all the operational satellites, including AO-73.
However, I find that even using CAT control I have to adjust the uplink frequency almost constantly throughout the pass.
I have to shift buy about 3500Hz overall from start to finish, increasing all the time.
Is everyone else seeing the same effect?
Peter
G8KEK
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