Hi Dave !
Just monitored the 16 degrees elevation pass of Cute:
19:05utc Feb 28, 2009
Cute CW, 16 degrees elvation pass.
17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 88899987cba468392826a8593e 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 88899988cba4683929utm5a9ih43f 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888ntg9987cba4663928259e6544 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 88899988caa468392825a8583d 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 8889998gttcaa3673928249d6841 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute
(from the difference in line length you see my CW isnt the greatest in this world :-))
So CW beacon is working, the FM digipeater I did not check during this (low) pass.
Henk, PA3GUO
Hi Henk,
just read your beacons. Let me correct a little bit:
hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888999 87cba468392826a8593e17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888999 88cba468392925a9543f17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888999 87cba4663928259e654417 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888999 88caa468392825a8583d17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888999 87caa3673928249d684.17
CUTE 88 CA A4 68 39 28 25 A8 58 3D 17 ---------------------------------------------- DTMF Command : 888999 3.3 Volts : 3.29 V 5 Volts : 4.88 V Battery Voltage : 3.96 V Main Bus Voltage : 3.77 V Temp Comm Board : 9.46 °C Temp Battery : 3.66 °C Battery Current : 436.45 mA 144 MHz S-Meter : -101.45 dBm 1.2 GHz S-Meter : -138.79 dBm
- Satellite Status (57) ------ Satellite Mode : FLIGHT USB Enable : DISABLED RX Mutual Monitor : ENABLED TX Mutual Monitor : ENABLED Antenna Deployment : DEPLOYED DTMF Permission : DISABLED Digipeater Mode : DIGI ON
- FET Status (23) ------------ APD3.3A : OFF APD3.3B : OFF APD Main : OFF DAQ : ON PDA : OFF TH-59 (1.2 GHz Up) : ON CW (430MHz Beacon) : ON DJ-C5 (430MHz FM) : ON
73, Mike DK3WN
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Henk, PA3GUO Gesendet: Samstag, 28. Februar 2009 20:26 An: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Betreff: [amsat-bb] CO-65 CW beacon working OK
Hi Dave !
Just monitored the 16 degrees elevation pass of Cute:
19:05utc Feb 28, 2009
Cute CW, 16 degrees elvation pass.
17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 88899987cba468392826a8593e 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 88899988cba4683929utm5a9ih43f 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 888ntg9987cba4663928259e6544 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 88899988caa468392825a8583d 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute 8889998gttcaa3673928249d6841 17 hihi de jq1ytc digi on cute
(from the difference in line length you see my CW isnt the greatest in this world :-))
So CW beacon is working, the FM digipeater I did not check during this (low) pass.
Henk, PA3GUO
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Mike Rupprecht wrote:
TH-59 (1.2 GHz Up) : ON CW (430MHz Beacon) : ON DJ-C5 (430MHz FM) : ON
So the TX and RX are basically commercial HTs mounted in the satellite?
Which means my facetious comment about making a "bent pipe" by taping two cheap Chinese walkie-talkies together and getting the shuttle crew to lob it out the window on the way up wasn't totally wide of the mark then? ;-)
Gordon MM3YEQ
Just had a good pass of CW transmissions. Got three lines of TLM.
Switched over to the 9K6 TX but nothing heard and I was unable to see my own transmissions digipeated.
73, Dave.
This is what I think the Cute / CO-65 frequencies are:
CW beacon: ========== downlink: 437.275
FM Digipeater: ============== uplink: 1268.603 (!! officially .600, but Japanese HAM reports say +3 KHz !!) downlink 437.475
Shall we give away a virtual Award to the first station outside Japan that can digipeat "I did it via Cute" via Cute's digipeater ?
Kind of funny we complain about lack of satellites, whereas we have a fully loaded 9k6 digipeater flying in space, totally un-explored !!! (part from 6..8 enthousiastic Japanes stations)
Henk, PA3GUO
Jak ! I made a typo in the 23cm uplink freq, sorry, here is the correct one ! Henk
FM Digipeater: ============== uplink: 1267.603 (!! officially .600, but Japanese HAM reports say +3 KHz !!) downlink 437.475
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