[amsat-bb] Re: [Sort of Off Topic] Non-Ham Satellites of Interest

[Bryce Salmi]

Thanks all, I'm definitely going to have to try this one soon.


Bryce
KB1LQC


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Pete Rowe <ptrowe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello all
> I had a nice western pass of FORTE, 16 August 13 starting at 22:54z here
> in San Jose, California.
> Indeed, there is no modulation anymore.
> Here is my Doppler plot:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/wkxddml712q9x4f/forte.jpg
>
> 73,
> Pete
> WA6WOA
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Jean-Pierre Godet <godetj at wanadoo.fr>
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 1:30 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [Sort of Off Topic] Non-Ham Satellites of Interest
>
>
>    Hello Bryce and everyone here,
>
>    Try "satellite frequency uhf" with your favorite search engine. There is
> a lot of websites wich offer frequency lists, sometimes outdated. Many are
> around 250 / 280 MHz, something like that.
>    First try a very easy, strong one, FORTE, on 401.568 MHz (+- 10 kHz of
> Doppler shift) with the tle :
> 1 24920U 97047A   13226.13396630  .00000147  00000-0  85928-4 0  9728
> 2 24920 069.9555 142.7308 0022573 185.2601 174.8286 14.25669016830080
>
>    It sounds like the FSK modulation 4800 bps of the european radiosondes,
> and as the frequecy is inside the 401 - 406 MHz radiosounding band this
> often fooled the radioamateurs.
>    These last times there is no modulation, only a carrier, and FORTE looks
> like in a stdby mode. I listened the modulated carrier on may 16th, but at
> the beginning of june till now only an unmodulated carrier.
>
>    Try this one first.  ;-)
>
>    73 !
>
>    J-P/F5YG
>
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> On Wed, 14 Aug 2013, Bryce Salmi wrote:
>
> > This is more of a curious question to anyone with some knowledge of
> non-ham
> > satellites (I know about the NOAA satellites though). Are there any
> > satellites that would be worth tracking at taking a listen to with an
> Arrow
> > handheld antenna and a Yeasu VX-8R (HT with AM/FM modes). This is simply
> my
> > curiosity of what's up there.
> >
> >
> > Bryce
> > KB1LQC
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