[amsat-bb] Re: Delfi-C3

Geoff vk2tfg at ozemail.com.au
Tue Apr 29 03:21:40 PDT 2008


On Tuesday 29 April 2008 14:23, Alan Cresswell wrote:
> It seems that most reports of good Delfi reception relate to northbound
> passes.  So far it appears that Delfi has not been heard in VK/ZL during a
> number of Southbound sunlit passes despite a number of stations listening
> and good reception of SEEDS and Cute1.7.    Could this be a spacecraft
> orientation issue or has Delfi just a bit anti Southern hemisphere?
>
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It is possible that Alan is right? I have listened to two good sun-lit passes 
without hearing a thing from DelfiC3. I wonder what the telemetry is saying 
about orientation and power system performance? I like it when a new bird 
presents us with a puzzle :-)

73 de Geoff vk2tfg.


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