[amsat-bb] ARGOS

[Andrew Rich]

>I have been doing some reading up on a system that might interest people
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> ARGOS
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> ARGOS is fitted to most polar orbiting weather satellites
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> This is used to pick up beacons on 401 MHz. Fixed to animals, buoys etc.
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> The early generation of ARGOS systems were doppler RX only. (1 / 2)
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> NOAA 19 is the first polar bird to be fitted with the new 465 MHz TX 
> funtion.(ARGOS 3)
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> What this does is sends empheris data and also polls ground beacons, hence 
> saving on TX when no satellite is around.
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> METEOP is also fitted with the same system
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> - Andrew VK4TEC -