I clipped out 20 seconds of the SDR recording and it zips down to less than 5Mb. If anyone wants a copy emailed to them let me know. Just remember you'll need WinRad or maybe some other SDR program to listen/watch it. WinRad is free and can be downloaded online.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" glasbrenner@mindspring.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S
Heard this evening so far on V/S: VE3NPC KB1RNI N3MVF AJ8P KC9ELU AK5V
I made an interesting recording of the S band transmitter last pass with WinRad and my SDR-IQ. The signal peaks about 45 db above the noise! This is with a 3 ft dish with a patch feed, preamp at the feed, and keps.it downconverter to a hamtronics converter to the -IQ.
I'll make the recording available to anyone who'd like it, and the software to play it is available for free at http://www.winrad.org/ . The catch is it is about 530Mb. Maybe someone has a website they would put it on? Otherwise if you want it, send me a SASE and blank CD or DVD and I'll make a copy for you.
73, Drew KO4MA
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