Good morning,
I just worked a pass of LilacSat-2 from here in Washington, DC. The downlink signal was good and I was able to work KO4MA with 5 watts, though the constant carrier and audio filtering made it tough to know when I was getting in to the satellite. I had to listen very carefully to hear my own voice coming back from my headphones. There was terrestrial interference, but I was able to get in below 6 degrees and heard the satellite all the way down to below a degree.
Equipment used was two Yaesu FT-817s, an Arrow antenna, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp.
73,
Paul, N8HM
Later in that pass I did notice that the carrier dropped after no activity.
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Sep 23, 2015, at 07:31, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Good morning,
I just worked a pass of LilacSat-2 from here in Washington, DC. The downlink signal was good and I was able to work KO4MA with 5 watts, though the constant carrier and audio filtering made it tough to know when I was getting in to the satellite. I had to listen very carefully to hear my own voice coming back from my headphones. There was terrestrial interference, but I was able to get in below 6 degrees and heard the satellite all the way down to below a degree.
Equipment used was two Yaesu FT-817s, an Arrow antenna, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp.
73,
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M6SIG just stated that this test of the FM transponder will end at 1730 UTC today.
"@m6sig PSE note: This very test is scheduled to end at 1730 UTC today. Hope you all enjoy the QSO! More payloads need to be test later."
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
Later in that pass I did notice that the carrier dropped after no activity.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 23, 2015, at 07:31, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Good morning,
I just worked a pass of LilacSat-2 from here in Washington, DC. The downlink signal was good and I was able to work KO4MA with 5 watts, though the constant carrier and audio filtering made it tough to know when I was getting in to the satellite. I had to listen very carefully to hear my own voice coming back from my headphones. There was terrestrial interference, but I was able to get in below 6 degrees and heard the satellite all the way down to below a degree.
Equipment used was two Yaesu FT-817s, an Arrow antenna, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp.
73,
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