According to reports out of Europe, the transponder on XW-2B is on.
I'll be on the 2230Z pass over eastern North America looking for QSOs.
XW-2B's uplink passband is 435.090 MHz - 435.110 MHz and the downlink passband is 145.750 MHz - 145.730 MHz.
A linear transponder frequency chart is available on AMSAT's website at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=5033
73,
Paul, N8HM
Confirmed in the Azores. Strong signal too. Shift around +700KHz
73 CU2ZG
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Strong signals on the 2230Z pass over eastern North America. I worked K8II, WB8RJY, KC4LE, and WN9Q.
The transponder worked as well as all of the other XW-2s. Nice to finally hear this one on and make some QSOs on it. I've now made QSOs on all six of the XW-2 satellites.
If you haven't worked any of the XW-2 satellites yet, I encourage you all to do so. While they are in low orbits (around 530 km), they are very strong, sensitive, and frequency stable. The evening passes are at a convenient time and I know several hams who work them fine with eggbeaters or dual band verticals. No matter how compromised your VHF/UHF setup may be, you should try it out on these satellites, you may be surprised how well you can work them.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Pedro Dutra Sousa pedro@dutrasousa.name wrote:
Confirmed in the Azores. Strong signal too. Shift around +700KHz
73 CU2ZG
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