I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this... 435.106MHz , no signs of modulation. Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
It was in mode A, as could hear my CW signal come back to me. Also heard W5QEP with a strong signal, but he never heard me call him. Isnt the propagation just fun on 29 mhz?
John W6ZKH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:05:07 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this... 435.106MHz , no signs of modulation. Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
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I probably would not have heard it then even if I tried... I don't hear well on 29MHz ;) Is it known to beacon on Mode-A?
Auke ----- Original Message ----- From: w6zkh@comcast.net To: Auke de Jong, VE6PWN Cc: AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
It was in mode A, as could hear my CW signal come back to me. Also heard W5QEP with a strong signal, but he never heard me call him. Isnt the propagation just fun on 29 mhz?
John W6ZKH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:05:07 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this... 435.106MHz , no signs of modulation. Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
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I havent heard the beacon on 29.502 khz in sometime.
John W6ZKH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca Cc: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:28:50 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 UHF beacon heard
I probably would not have heard it then even if I tried... I don't hear well on 29MHz ;) Is it known to beacon on Mode-A?
Auke ----- Original Message ----- From: w6zkh@comcast.net To: Auke de Jong, VE6PWN Cc: AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
It was in mode A, as could hear my CW signal come back to me. Also heard W5QEP with a strong signal, but he never heard me call him. Isnt the propagation just fun on 29 mhz?
John W6ZKH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:05:07 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this... 435.106MHz , no signs of modulation. Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
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two consecutive orbits, now... I took a snapshot of my computer screen showing the coarse tracking that Orbitron produces on UHF LEO's http://members.shaw.ca/sparkycivic/HAM/ao-7%20uhf%20beacon%202010jan25.JPG
73's
Auke
----- Original Message ----- From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:05 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard
I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this... 435.106MHz , no signs of modulation. Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
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