[amsat-bb] XW-2B Transponder On

[Paul Stoetzer]

Strong signals on the 2230Z pass over eastern North America. I worked K8II,
WB8RJY, KC4LE, and WN9Q.

The transponder worked as well as all of the other XW-2s. Nice to finally
hear this one on and make some QSOs on it. I've now made QSOs on all six of
the XW-2 satellites.

If you haven't worked any of the XW-2 satellites yet, I encourage you all
to do so. While they are in low orbits (around 530 km), they are very
strong, sensitive, and frequency stable. The evening passes are at a
convenient time and I know several hams who work them fine with eggbeaters
or dual band verticals. No matter how compromised your VHF/UHF setup may
be, you should try it out on these satellites, you may be surprised how
well you can work them.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Pedro Dutra Sousa <pedro at dutrasousa.name>
wrote:

> Confirmed in the Azores. Strong signal too.
> Shift around +700KHz
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> 73 CU2ZG
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