15 Aug
2011
15 Aug
'11
4:17 p.m.
Hi All,
Just popped outside from the IARU Region 1 Conference meeting to catch an ARISSAT pass.
Good signals with an Arrow and a FCD and also using a G0MRF prototype filter amplifier with 5v being supplied by the Dongle. (Thanks David for the loan)
Voice telemetry reported MET of 41 mins - which corresponds very well to when it left eclipse over the Pacific. Battery volts 35.74 and current -4ma
I just failed to identify a ZS station using the transponder!
The signal had no fading but several occasional ~ 100 msec breaks in transmission were noted.
best 73 from sunny ZS6 land Graham G3VZV