[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

I clipped out 20 seconds of the SDR recording and it zips down to less than 
5Mb. If anyone wants a copy emailed to them let me know. Just remember 
you'll need WinRad or maybe some other SDR program to listen/watch it. 
WinRad is free and can be downloaded online.

73, Drew KO4MA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:47 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S


> Heard this evening so far on V/S:
> VE3NPC
> KB1RNI
> N3MVF
> AJ8P
> KC9ELU
> AK5V
>
> I made an interesting recording of the S band transmitter last pass with
> WinRad and my SDR-IQ. The signal peaks about 45 db above the noise! This 
> is
> with a 3 ft dish with a patch feed, preamp at the feed, and keps.it
> downconverter to a hamtronics converter to the -IQ.
>
> I'll make the recording available to anyone who'd like it, and the 
> software
> to play it is available for free at http://www.winrad.org/ . The catch is 
> it
> is about 530Mb. Maybe someone has a website they would put it on? 
> Otherwise
> if you want it, send me a SASE and blank CD or DVD and I'll make a copy 
> for
> you.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
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