Greetings!

I monitored the 0314 utc pass on 21-Dec here on the U.S. East Coast but ran into difficulty because there was so much traffic from other satellites in the area of the downlink:

https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1208233257751457792

... however, that won't be the case on every orbit so will continue to look for CAS-6 & hope for the best!

-Scott, K4KDR

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-----Original Message----- From: Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2019 11:15 AM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] CAS-6 Beacon?

Has anyone from Stateside heard TLM from CAS-6? (not expecting xponder on, just want to hear its heartbeat)

I see a couple isolated reports from other areas of the world. There was no signal on the 5 deg EL earlier pass, and now waiting for teh 10;57 a.m. 16:57z pass with an EL of 64 deg here in central USA 73, N0AN

I'm guessing that even the beacon may not be on while out of range of China 73, N0AN Hasan

I am watching each pass with a FunCube Pro+ SDR looking at +/- 50 kHz so I can see from the PSK beacon at the bottom, all the way up to the top of the CAS-6 passband. Seeing a full freq display is a big advantage when hunting for a bird.

I am also doing IQ recordings of the passes, so anyone running SDRC is welcome to contact me and I will give them a link to the IQ recording(s) of each pass that they can replay on their own copy of SDRC. This let's them see the signals (all of them) in the passband and actually tune around as if they were in front of my radio.

*Caveat:* *While these recordings are *.wav files, they are IQ recordings, so they do not sound good if played thru a non IQ playback stream.* *Also: they are large: 500 Mb each*

5 EL Yagi > 65' 1/2" hardline > ARR GASfet > FunCube Pro+ SDR > SDR Console v3.

I notice that there have been two reports by W7OK saying "Heard TLM"...but I think they are false reports. During same pass, others reported NOT HEARD and I have not seen any since 12-20 at 06:31 by YD8RPJ

I see two more reports from W7OK that no one else corroborates.

Other than that, no indication that the bird beacon(s) are even turned on when over the states.

Will watch for the passes this morning at :

15:40z (9.5 deg max EL) 17:16z (78.8 deg max EL)

73, N0AN Hasan

On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 6:40 PM Glenn Miller - AA5PK via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:

With same uplink and downlink as CAS-4B, it'll be interesting when they're both in the FP. Kind of like when AO-27 and SO-50 were up at the same time.

Glenn AA5PK

-----Original Message----- From: Scott via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2019 1:45 PM To: AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] CAS-6 Beacon?

Greetings!

I monitored the 0314 utc pass on 21-Dec here on the U.S. East Coast but ran into difficulty because there was so much traffic from other satellites in the area of the downlink:

https://twitter.com/scott23192/status/1208233257751457792

... however, that won't be the case on every orbit so will continue to look for CAS-6 & hope for the best!

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