[amsat-bb] UKube-1 Transponder Schedule

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Hi friends
Here is my report about Ukube-1 ;

https://youtu.be/bT5vkFT16wg

Has was reported , sometimes the signal drops a lot , as you can see at end
of this short video.

73

2016-06-18 14:38 GMT-03:00 Bob <WB4SON at gmail.com>:

> Paul and I hooked up on FUNcube-2/UKube-1 during the 17:15 UTC pass.  That
> was my first contact on this bird.
>
> Unlike AO-73, I found the transponder uplink to be stable during the pass,
> changing only a few hundred hertz beyond Doppler corrections, so I was able
> to use full UL/DL Doppler correction, always hearing my downlink.  In the
> case of my IC-9100, I found the uplink to be 14.3 KHz higher than
> specified.
>
> My UL corrected Doppler.sqf file for SatPC32 contains the following entries
> for CW, Voice, and Telemetry:
>
> UKUBE-1,145940,435084.6,CW,CW,REV,0,0,CW
> UKUBE-1,145940,435084.3,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Voice U/V
> UKUBE-1,145915,,USB,,,,TLM
>
> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> > The FUNcube-2 telemetry beacon is also on and very strong. It has been
> > on continuously since yesterday. I've worked it on both day and night
> > passes.
> >
> > There was what appeared to be a reset on the first pass this afternoon
> > where the transponder switched off midpass for a few seconds.
> >
> > In addition, the CW beacon from the satellite's primary transceiver
> > desenses the transponder uplink for about 20 seconds or so when it's
> > transmitting.
> >
> > The uplink offset appears to be anywhere from +12 - +15 kHz from
> published.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Paul, N8HM
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Bob <WB4SON at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Now that the transponder is switched on will it be on 24/7 or does it
> > shift
> > > to data
> > >
> > > 73 WB4SON
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