[amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 UHF beacon heard

[Auke de Jong, VE6PWN]

I probably would not have heard it then even if I tried... I don't hear well on 29MHz ;)
Is it known to beacon on Mode-A?

Auke
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: w6zkh at comcast.net 
  To: Auke de Jong, VE6PWN 
  Cc: AMSAT-BB 
  Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 UHF beacon heard


  It was in mode A, as could hear my CW signal come back to me.  Also heard W5QEP with a strong signal, but he never heard me call him.  Isnt the propagation just fun on 29 mhz?

  John W6ZKH


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" <sparkycivic at shaw.ca>
  To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
  Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:05:07 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
  Subject: [amsat-bb]  AO-7 UHF  beacon heard

  I am copying a very strong carrier on AO-7 as I write this...
  435.106MHz , no signs of modulation.  Planet Emily latest reports show the transponder might be off... I didn't listen for myself... have to swap co-ax, but I was busy trying to figure out if the carrier were definitely the old girl, or Informator-1/RS-14 which were both directly overhead and whose dopper-shifts were similar at the time... I confirmed it to be definitely coming from AO-7. 
  As I push "send" the carrier is still clear at 3.5 degrees over the north pole...


  Auke de Jong
  VE6PWN
  DO33go
  Edmonton, AB

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