I may have heard the RadFXSAT-2 (#47311) today 18-Feb at 22:35z on 145.825. I am in Nashville, TN EM66. If so it was very weak and brief. I had no decode. Is it operational? de Curt N4MEY
Control operators have repeatedly asked that the transponder NOT be used at this time.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 16:50 Curt Porter [email protected] wrote:
I may have heard the RadFXSAT-2 (#47311) today 18-Feb at 22:35z on 145.825. I am in Nashville, TN EM66. If so it was very weak and brief. I had no decode. Is it operational? de Curt N4MEY
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Curt, Not operational at this time, I have also possibly heard the beacon, too weak to decode but tuning back and forth you could tell something was there. A couple times now I have heard whistlers or people calling on the xponder part which we have been asked to not use, based on what I heard I'm guessing unless something drastically changes voice ops is probably a no but cw ops will have no trouble as I heard S5 plus whistles.
73 Kevin WA7FWF
On 2/18/2021 2:48 PM, Curt Porter wrote:
I may have heard the RadFXSAT-2 (#47311) today 18-Feb at 22:35z on 145.825. I am in Nashville, TN EM66. If so it was very weak and brief. I had no decode. Is it operational? de Curt N4MEY
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RadFxSat-2 (AO-109) does not have a 2 meter transmitter. That was likely CAPE-3, which was on the same launch, which does have a 2 meter transmitter on the space APRS frequency of 145.825 MHz. I thought I saw a report a couple of weeks that they were having trouble with the 2 meter transmitter, which may explain the weak and brief signal.
AO-109’s beacon downlink is at 435.750 MHz and the transponder downlink is 435.760 MHz - 435.790 MHz. At this time, we have heard no verified reports of the beacon being active. The transponder does pass signals, but the downlink is weak. Our Engineering team has asked that it not be used while testing and evaluation is underway.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 17:50 Curt Porter [email protected] wrote:
I may have heard the RadFXSAT-2 (#47311) today 18-Feb at 22:35z on 145.825. I am in Nashville, TN EM66. If so it was very weak and brief. I had no decode. Is it operational? de Curt N4MEY
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