Frank,

This is noise that is internal to the satellite. I believe it is some kind of image of the telemetry beacon that shows up in the transponder's passband.

On some of the other XW-2s, you can also hear similar images at times if you're in a quiet enough location to hear the transponder noise floor, but its very prominent on XW-2D.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Frank G wa2ndv@gmail.com wrote:

Listened to the 2200Z pass over NY and heard what I thought was SSTV throughout the entire pass right in the middle of the transponder passband.

I could not decode with either DM-780 or MMSSTV.

Can anyone confirm what this could have been ?

Thanks Frank WA2NDV

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