[amsat-bb] Transponder

On the ARISSat-1 pass just ended here (23 degrees max elevation), results were about the same as yesterday. I heard my CW downlink for about a minute, peaking 559. Several other CW signals were in there, but I couldn't get their calls due to the deep fades.

Bruce appears to be right that the transponder's performance depends largely on the spacecraft's orientation.

73 Ray W2RS