I am listening to the AO-85 passes during this important week of testing (LISTENING, not transmitting as requested by the engineering team) and clearly hear Veronica announce "Fox-1 Safe Mode." Even on low elevation, the signal has been full quieting - strong and clear. I hope the operational mode sounds this good after testing is completed.
How much power is AO85 running? I briefly heard it the other day when I was programming frequencies into the rig.
73 John AF5CC
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Red Willoughby red@redwilloughby.com wrote:
I am listening to the AO-85 passes during this important week of testing (LISTENING, not transmitting as requested by the engineering team) and clearly hear Veronica announce "Fox-1 Safe Mode." Even on low elevation, the signal has been full quieting - strong and clear. I hope the operational mode sounds this good after testing is completed. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
I believe it is capable of 300mw.
Actually, it's up to 800 mW - 500 mW nominal.
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 10/22/2015 07:53, Red Willoughby wrote:
I believe it is capable of 300mw. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:04:47 -0500, Red Willoughby red@redwilloughby.com wrote:
I am listening to the AO-85 passes during this important week of testing (LISTENING, not transmitting as requested by the engineering team) and clearly hear Veronica announce "Fox-1 Safe Mode." Even on low elevation, the signal has been full quieting - strong and clear. I hope the operational mode sounds this good after testing is completed.
I recorded a pass last weekend when the recording was saying "Hi! This is amateur radio satellite Fox One." -- it boomed in full quieting almost the moment it came over the hill. Sounded like a local repeater a mile away.
The actual QSOs I heard, however, were decidedly different. It almost sounded like someone was holding up a mic to a speaker that the actual downlink was coming out of. I heard static between transmissions that was separate from the static heard when the sat rotates. A bit difficult to explain.
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