Paul,
In spite of not real interest to US Om’s, just to share, I am active on all birds and making a lot of measurements such as minimum EIRP required for each bird etc.. Will eventually share with the community when ready/having some time to put all in a proper document. All XW-2X on voice are very good and strong signal on all passes this side.
That said, I am also trying to automate the station for automatic telemetry reporting to the SAT operators and one major issue is with XW-2X satellites, in spite I can decode easily the CW beacon, in spite strong rf, the digital telemetry seems to be impossible to decode (sometimes work for XW-2A). Fortunately CAS-4A and CAS-4B are so easy as a comparison, same for AO-73, Nayif and the Fox series and others.
Therefore an open question to the BB and CAMSAT if you decode well the digital telemetry of XW-2X sats please share how you do it as I am quite lost.
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
On Mar 16, 2018, at 7:06 AM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
I admit that the launches of AO-91 and 92 have reduced my linear operating time. As much as I enjoy operating on the linear sats, operating portable as I do, I'm not going to be able to operate every pass. I have made fewer than two dozen linear sat QSOs this year.
Perhaps some linear satellite operating days are in order where everyone decides to work as many passes of the XWs as possible or CAS-4B or UKube-1 or something. FO-29 and AO-7 do seem to draw a decent amount of activity still.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:00 PM, R.T.Liddy k8bl@ameritech.net wrote:
Unfortunately, I've been roving the past couple weeks and operating from several uncommon Grids/Gridlines and usually find no one or only one on the Linear SATs. Does that make me want to drive to some odd place and set up to rarely make a QSO? People shouldn't worry abt being exactly zero-beat, if that puts them off. Just get close & we'll find you. If people keep avoiding them, eventually no one will bother using them, period. Maybe, the "Easy SATs" are so easy that folks don't bother with the others. 73, Bob K8BL /4/5/9 ________________________________ From: Joe N3XLS via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org To: Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net; amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] idle comments
Its not too many satellites, not enough ops! -------- Original message --------From: Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net Date: 3/15/18 6:23 PM (GMT-05:00) To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] idle comments Hello from Seattle
I read the bb almost thoroughly throughout the day. A small common denominator is subtly appearing. I read, "I was on the bird all alone", or something like, "no one to talk to". The unusual conclusion, we have too many satellites! I never thought this ham would even think of it. If I look at Satpc32 with "only" a dozen listed, in fast forward a bewildering barrage of circles floats across the screen. I am not saying this is a bad thing, it just spreads us out and at times, there is, "no one to talk to". I do testing like try different power levels, talk to myself til as close to AOS as I can get. You know the drill. From what I read there are more on the starting block. I'd like to see more L band time, maybe a bird with a S band DL a MEO, a HEO- I know, idle comments. We have the five & dime coming at us, which sounds like a whole other world, I'm looking forward to it. Then there is the massive off air time making all this stuff work. Currently testing between two
L
band antennas and between two different 70cm antennas. At this time I have my Satpc32 talking fine with the radio but not with the rotor. A com port issue which currently I can not figure out. Assistance solicited. On the ISS it would be fun to see one of the "hams" up there have that "burning in the belly" to yuck it up, get WAS, VUCC, DXCC or whatever. Again, just idle comments not a criticism of the ARISS system. Sunny day in Seattle, xyl says yard work.
73 Bob W7LRD
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