[amsat-bb] Re: Rapid frequency change on ARISSat pass

[Ronald G. Parsons]

Forgot to note the altitude give by the most recent keps was 175 km.

Ron W5RKN

From: Ronald G. Parsons 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:27 PM
To: AMSAT-BB 
Subject: Rapid frequency change on ARISSat pass

On the nominal 0015 UTC pass over Texas, the ARISSat-1 telemetry seemed normal but at about 4-5 minutes before LOS, the frequency of the CW marker and the BPSK telemetry envelope started dropping very rapidly. I lost track how many times I had to adjust the Doppler-corrected frequency down by 100 Hz. Then suddenly, the telemetry signal stopped.

Ron W5RKN