[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over London

[Rizwan Merchant]

Hi David,

Were you able to decode the CW or have it recorded?

-Rizwan Merchant

Sincerely,
Rizwan Merchant
Call Sign: KF5BNL

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On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 10:03 AM, <g0mrf at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Hi again.
>
> For the ICOM IC706 in CW mode with internal preamp on:
>
> The S4 reading equates to -117dBm
> The S5 reading is -115dBm
>
> 6m of RG58 is 0.95dB at 145MHz
>
> Antenna gain is about  +8dBi
>
> Off pointing loss is about 2dB
>
> Range for these signals was closer to 1500km
>
> Have fun with the path loss equations.
>
> Regards
>
> David  G0MRF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ <quadpugh at bellsouth.net>
> To: g0mrf <g0mrf at aol.com>; amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> CC: cape <cape at lists.ulcape.org>
> Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:52
> Subject: RE: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
>
>
> Tnx David for the report
> If you have a TNC we would like to get the AX.25 data. If you like we have
> ground station software. Do you have any idea how strong s-4 is in mv or
> dmb? Also what set of TLE are you using?
>
> nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: g0mrf at aol.com [mailto:g0mrf at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:31 AM
> To: quadpugh at bellsouth.net; amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Cc: cape at lists.ulcape.org
> Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
>
>
> Hi Nick.
>
>
>
> I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to
> receive a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency
> and time.
>
>
>
> The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.
>
> I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not
> necessary as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')
>
>
>
> CW at 12.32.   Frequency pulling as the CW was keying.  best freq 145.823
>
> Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency
> 145.822 (SSB)
>
>
>
> As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees
> elevation.
>
> The range today was about 1450km.
>
> The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.
>
>
>
> 4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation.  ICOM
> IC 706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.
>
>
>
> I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE
> website which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you
> can send a link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings
> and modes.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> David  G0MRF  (FUNcube team)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ <quadpugh at bellsouth.net>
> To: 'Roland Zurmely' <py4zbz at yahoo.com>; 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' <cape at lists.ulcape.org>
> Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
> Hi Roland
> We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
> would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
> tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like
> to
> know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle
> noise
> when you point your antenna to cold sky.
>
> Thanks
>
> nick      ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
> Office   337 593 8700
> Cell      337 258 2527
>
> Helping UL become a world Class Engineering  and Educational School
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
> http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
>
>
> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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