[amsat-bb] UKUBE-1 Signal

[Paul Stoetzer]

The cause is the primary transceiver onboard the satellite transmitting
it's beacon signal and overloading the receiver on the FUNcube-2
transponder.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Edson W. R. Pereira <ewpereira at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have observed the same behavior on passes over South America. The
> transponder passband singal is as strong as the FunCube BPSK beacon.
>
> 73, Edson PY2SDR
>
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> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Fabio R. <roccaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > we have noticed, during EU passes, that UKUBE-1 starts trasmitting noise
> > every 2-3 minutes. Looks like a spurious signal saturating and covering
> > about half of the passband.
> >
> > Any idea ?
> >
> > 73
> > Fabio
> > F5VKV
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