[amsat-bb] XW-2F Transponder OFF

[Pedro Sousa]

Hi all,

XW-2F just passed. Nothing heard, not even beacon or digital telemetry.

73 Pedro CU2ZG

On 04/12/2015 22:22, Paul Stoetzer wrote:

> The transponder was on and sounding fine on both passes over Eastern 
> North America - WC9C reported it on on the 2141 UTC pass and I was 
> just on the 2315 UTC pass.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Joe Pereira <joevk5ei at gmail.com 
> <mailto:joevk5ei at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Sorry Guys did not decode the beacon, I was still half asleep and
>     did not act quick enough
>     :(
>
>     On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Pedro Sousa <pedro at dutrasousa.name
>     <mailto:pedro at dutrasousa.name>> wrote:
>
>         I didn't. Only got to it more than half way, and wasn't
>         expecting that... not even a recording. Focused more on trying
>         to find the transponder, in case the offset was had increased,
>         and then the beacon.
>         Noticed though that the 9k2 telemetry was on.
>
>         Pedro, CU2ZG
>
>
>
>         On 04/12/2015 20:15, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>>         It'll be over China for the first time since the transponder
>>         was reported off around 2214 UTC. Perhaps they will be
>>         command it then.
>>
>>         Did either of you copy down the CW telemetry? The telemetry
>>         information is here:
>>         https://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/xw-2-cw-telemetry-encoding-format.pdf
>>
>>         73,
>>
>>         Paul, N8HM
>>
>>         On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Joe Pereira
>>         <joevk5ei at gmail.com <mailto:joevk5ei at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Same here Pedro, just tried at 20:58 UTC and CW beacon only.
>>
>>             73
>>             Joe
>>
>>             On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Paul Stoetzer
>>             <n8hm at arrl.net <mailto:n8hm at arrl.net>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Well, at least it isn't silent like XW-2E.
>>
>>                 73,
>>
>>                 Paul, N8HM
>>
>>                 On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Pedro Sousa via
>>                 AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>>                 > wrote:
>>
>>                 > Hi all,
>>                 >
>>                 > The pass over HM77fr around 20:10 UTC showed XW-2F
>>                 with CW beacon and
>>                 > telemetry on, but the transponder was off. Adjusted
>>                 my TS-2000 XIT
>>                 > between -20 to +20kHz. Nowhere to be found.
>>                 > Hope it's not another case like XW-2E.
>>                 >
>>                 > 73 de Pedro CU2ZG
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