Well done Alan , you should put your reply up on the BBS I am sure we will weed out a VE who will know the whole story !How were you tied to the Alouette program ? From memory we used to command and record the data from the satellites a few times a day on a regular schedule.I was working at Orroral valley at the time. cheers Andy vk3as
On 13/12/2010, at 2:29 PM, Alan Cresswell wrote:
Hi,
I also had a lot to do with these satellites and may still have the handbooks somewhere but it was a long time ago. The series of satellites was the Alouette/ISIS series (Canadian, 4 satellites) and ISIS-2 had the most sophisticated VLF receiver (And topside sounder) on board. Essentially an audio amplifier attached to an antenna, and there is certainly a lot of interesting “whistlers” etc almost continuously available. Just another option I guess.
73 Alan ZL2BX
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Squires Sent: Monday, 13 December 2010 02:16 To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Alouette
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From: Andrew Squires [email protected] Date: 13 December 2010 1:14:50 PM AEDT To: [email protected] Subject: Alouette
John read with interest you posting on the Amsat board.I used to work for NASA in the 70's and we used to track a satellite called Alouette (spelling?).It was a Canadian satellite and officially listed as a top side sounder.It would listen to the VLF band and the sounds it recorded were amazing,sounds of lighting and the aurora etc.You may be able to find something via google? cheers Andy VK3AS
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