Hi Graham,

Hope you are enjoying your trip. I also have heard breaks in transmission, but believed this was normal. (I have only begun properly monitoring the sat last night due to the track taking it overhead UK very late and as it got earlier the batteries gave up so it was off - only now is it barely still illuminated when passing)

73

Pete

Mi0VAX

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:17 PM, g.shirville@btinternet.com wrote:

Hi All,

Just popped outside from the IARU Region 1 Conference meeting to catch an ARISSAT pass.

Good signals with an Arrow and a FCD and also using a G0MRF prototype filter amplifier with 5v being supplied by the Dongle. (Thanks David for the loan)

Voice telemetry reported MET of 41 mins - which corresponds very well to when it left eclipse over the Pacific. Battery volts 35.74 and current -4ma

I just failed to identify a ZS station using the transponder!

The signal had no fading but several occasional ~ 100 msec breaks in transmission were noted.

best 73 from sunny ZS6 land Graham G3VZV _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb