[amsat-bb] Alsat-1N ( Pratham ) satellite Beacon heard

[Simon Brown]

Ken,

I had a listen yesterday but heard nothing, will listen this afternoon. Just
had a magnificent pass on FO-29 with seven stations contacted. The whole
station worked like a charm, next pass in an hour or so covers quite a bit
of the east coast USA.

Using: RX: Airspy Mini, TX: TS-2000, Innov Yagis for 2m / 70cms, AlfaSPID,
Own software

No fading on the satellite at all, was a stonking signal from AOS to LOS.

See you Sunday...

Simon Brown, GK4ELI
http://sdr-radio.com

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Subject: [amsat-bb] Alsat-1N ( Pratham ) satellite Beacon heard

Hi all,
Pleased to report that I heard the beacon ( 145.980 mhz ) on Alsat -1n -
Pratham on this mornings pass
here in Wales - UK     The pass was at 0945  GMT and being at a reasonable 
height easy to monitor.
I used the keps that were originally posted and my equipment my usual
Kenwood TS 2000 and tracking with the "ELK "  antenna.
If I get a chance I will listen again on the next pass and perhaps get  a
recording - I wonder how the data downlink was  performing if switched on
whilst over France.?
Congratulations to the team and also of course to "ISRO" for the success on
the launch.
Ken Eaton
GW1FKY
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