Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from them....
On 12/06/2017 10:27 PM, Mike Seguin wrote:
Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from them....
The signals are loud here too. I just received a full image which started at 7 degrees above the horizon and ended at the horizon. It's clearly showing decoding errors, but at the best reception my FT-857D gave it an S5. See https://twitter.com/khoos/status/938525407426629632
And that's on a vertical on top of the house. I wonder what an Az/El rotor on a high spot can do!
Koos van den Hout PE4KH
S9 the entire pass just now on my Oscar-ish array, without the preamp. 2m antenna is a 2x8 element circular polarized beam, and about 60' of old RG-something-thick (either 8 or 214) to the rig. Full Az/El rotisserie. 2 great images (4/12 and 5/12), though I had to switch polarization about halfway through the first one. Odd, since I thought the ISS antennas were linear...
Greg KO6TH
Koos van den Hout wrote:
On 12/06/2017 10:27 PM, Mike Seguin wrote:
Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from them....
The signals are loud here too. I just received a full image which started at 7 degrees above the horizon and ended at the horizon. It's clearly showing decoding errors, but at the best reception my FT-857D gave it an S5. See https://twitter.com/khoos/status/938525407426629632
And that's on a vertical on top of the house. I wonder what an Az/El rotor on a high spot can do!
Koos van den Hout PE4KH
In the Extra class license manual I have it says signals can switch polarity when they come through the ionosphere.
On Dec 6, 2017 6:02 PM, "Greg D" ko6th.greg@gmail.com wrote:
S9 the entire pass just now on my Oscar-ish array, without the preamp. 2m antenna is a 2x8 element circular polarized beam, and about 60' of old RG-something-thick (either 8 or 214) to the rig. Full Az/El rotisserie. 2 great images (4/12 and 5/12), though I had to switch polarization about halfway through the first one. Odd, since I thought the ISS antennas were linear...
Greg KO6TH
Koos van den Hout wrote:
On 12/06/2017 10:27 PM, Mike Seguin wrote:
Got two good images from the ISS just now. VERY loud signals from
them....
The signals are loud here too. I just received a full image which started at 7 degrees above the horizon and ended at the horizon. It's clearly showing decoding errors, but at the best reception my FT-857D gave it an S5. See https://twitter.com/khoos/status/938525407426629632
And that's on a vertical on top of the house. I wonder what an Az/El rotor on a high spot can do!
Koos van den Hout PE4KH
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