[amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem

[Michael Hatzakis]

Trying to get my station back on the air, challenging when I am not sure
which bird is working and when.

It is now 22:25UTC, trying to get on AO-51, looks like it is down also, from
the AMSAT status page, has anyone heard it today?  I am assuming that its
base downlink frq 435.300 as I've got an old ARRL frequency guide that shows
it as 435.225.

Sorry for all the traffic...

Michael  K3MH

-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 2:36 PM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem

Hi Michael!

> I am having a problem hearing the downlink of any SSB satellites on 440.
>
> <snip>
>
> It is 21:10 UTC and I just finished trying to work FO-29 from CN87 (20:59
to
> 21:17), and again no luck.  I sent my call out on 145.950, but nothing
back.
> Checked the ARRL satellite tracking site and it appears I have the correct
> keps installed.  I went outside and checked the bearing of the antenna.
> Seems ok.

FO-29 is currently off.  Since it was the only current SSB/CW satellite with
a 70cm downlink, we will have to hope that FO-29 can be reactivated in
the near future.  Otherwise, there's VO-52 with a 2m downlink and AO-7
with its alternating 2m and 10m downlinks if you're trying to work SSB,
or you can try for the transponder on ARISSat-1 (70cm up/2m down).

If you want to work FM, you have AO-51 as well as AO-27 (afternoon
passes only) and SO-50 that are available - all with 70cm downlinks.

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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