Tony,

The XW-2 satellites ride the terminator and have not yet seen an eclipse in their nearly 90 days in orbit. There are batteries on board and I don't see any reason to suspect that they won't be active during eclipses, but the first one is several months away.

The digital telemetry modulation is GMSK, not FSK, and only at 9600 baud on XW-2F (and the apparently inoperable XW-2E,2A-2D have 19.2k capability). I have not decoded it, but I have heard the signals and they are quite loud.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Tony dxdx@optonline.net wrote:

All:

Has anyone been able to copy XW-2F via 9600 or 19200 baud FSK on 145.955? Is this satellite active during eclipse?

Thanks

Tony -K2MO

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