Observations from AO-51 passes on 9/19 and 9/20:
1. Do others sense that AO-51 V/U is currently weaker on downlink that it normally was when in the usual medium power mode (not comparing to the recent high-power mode)?
2. Are others hearing a "buzz/fuzz/hash" on the AO-51 downlink signal?
3. If so, does anyone understand what's going on?
Thanks and 73, Richard N1ASA
Hi Richard,
I have not noticed the AO-51 satellite to be weaker than usual, nor have I noticed any peculiar sounds. There is the usual hash when two stations key up on top of each other, but I have not noticed anything else.
73, Zach
On 9/19/06, Richard Hackney richard.hackney@wku.edu wrote:
Observations from AO-51 passes on 9/19 and 9/20:
- Do others sense that AO-51 V/U is currently
weaker on downlink that it normally was when in the usual medium power mode (not comparing to the recent high-power mode)?
- Are others hearing a "buzz/fuzz/hash" on the AO-51
downlink signal?
- If so, does anyone understand what's going on?
Thanks and 73, Richard N1ASA
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ISS Amateur Radio Status: September 20, 2006
ISS Crew Change Voice activity expected Sept 21 - 28 Slow Scan TV Status
By Miles Mann WF1F,
MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org
Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
Hi everyone: This week the crew on board the ISS will be changing. Two new full time crew member, one tourist ($20 million rocket ride ticket) and two of the old crew members will return home.
ISS Crew change:
New Crew Expedition 14, Arrive Sept 20, 2006 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Visitor Anousheh Ansari Mission duration, approximately 6 months
Old Crew Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov RV3B NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams KD5TVQ European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter, DF4TR
On September 28, 2006 three members of the crew will return to earth via a Soyuz spacecraft, this will include Anousheh Ansari, Pavel Vinogradov and Jeff Williams. European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter will remain on board ISS.
ISS voice activity expected the week of September 21 -28 (Random) Visitor Ansari has announced that she may be active on the Amateur Radio station on ISS. She is planning on a few pre scheduled school links and some random contacts.
Frequencies Worldwide downlink frequency 145.800 MHz FM voice uplink 144.490 MHz in ITU Regions 2 and 3 (the Americas and the Pacific) FM voice uplink 145.200 MHz in Region 1 (Europe, Central Asia and Africa).
Ansari will be using the call sign RS0ISS
Dates and times from ARISS Fri 2006-09-22 10:41 UTC (***) George Washington Univ., D.C., USA direct via KE4GDU (***)
Fri 2006-09-22 16:49 UTC (***) Crete-Monee Intermediate Center and Middle School, Crete, IL, direct via AJ9N
Fri 2006-09-22 18:23 UTC 32 deg (***) Watch for Internet coverage. Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, D-09557 Floeha, Germany, direct via DL0GYM Sat 2006-09-23 09:33 UTC (***)
Tips on working ISS via Voice http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtouseiss.html
Slow Scan TV Status (SpaceCam1) http://www.marexmg.org/imagessstv/SpaceCamImages1.htm
The SpaceCam1 SSTV system was last seen on August 26, 2006. At the present time, the SSTV and Packet systems are temporally shutdown. There is no date on when the crew will reactivate the equipment.
I have set up a new page to show many of the images we have received. To date, I have 7 unique images from ISS and many repeats. If you have new images; please forward that image to Marex at:
marexmg@comcast.net
Marexmg Web page http://www.marexmg.org
73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
Until we meet again
DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F
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