With a limited setup and no circular polarization there is always the chance that a sat is just in the wrong angle for me to decode and I take that into account. Right now I compare with the the situation before the anomalies started and it definitely seems "off". I do hear the 2-min beacon transmissions, with the voice ID, but on the waterfall it is clear that the signal is not strong enough to give a S/N ratio above the level which I can decode. E.g. before S/N peaked at 7+ dB, now barely 3 dB and with fading not long enough to decode a DUW frame. HTH,
Hans
BX2ABT
On 12/06/2018 09:11 AM, Burns Fisher wrote:
We have not had any time to look at it trying to deal with the launch and testing of AO-95 (Fox-1Cliff). We let it turn into safe mode when it had some odd behavior. However, the safe mode telemetry seems to be fine. I'm surprised that the power seems low to you. It should be sending two strong frame of telemetry and then "resting" for two minutes, then repeating.
On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 7:33 PM Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt@msa.hinet.net mailto:hans.bx2abt@msa.hinet.net> wrote:
As per title. With my limited setup I am not able to decode any telemetry from AO-85 anymore. It still comes through the squelch on my rig+discone, but S/N ratio on my SDR+ArrowAlaska is about half what it normally was and with fading added there is no long enough sequence for decoding frames. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org <mailto:AMSAT-BB@amsat.org>. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb