Must be since today, because Sunday UTC I had two passes with lots of activity. Unfortunately I still find that signal strength is below what it used to be before the trouble with this bird started. The best pass had signal strengths of +15 dB above noise level and only 3 DUV frames were decoded during the whole pass. And that with my new 6 element cross yagi for 2 meters (used to have a horizontal 4 element yagi with LNA).
Hans
BX2ABT
On 02/04/2019 08:24 PM, Roy Dean wrote:
Just what is "Safe Mode"? Is it OK to make a call when the bird is in safe mode?
Safe mode is the beacon/TLM only, every couple of minutes. No point in attempting QSO's, as the transponder will not be on.
The spacecraft can be placed in Safe Mode by a control operator, or it can switch in automatically depending on the status of onboard systems.
If you hear "Hi, this is Amateur Radio Satellite Fox-1" (or something like that), then the transponder is on. If you hear "safe mode", then obviously the transponder will not be on.
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