[amsat-bb] Reliable 70cm beacons?

Hans (BX2ABT) hans.bx2abt at msa.hinet.net
Thu Apr 19 01:01:07 UTC 2018


Last week's ISS SSTV activity was a good way to see how my 2m DCA worked 
(hint: I was a bit disappointed). Testing your antenna in real world 
situations is difficult with satellites, because there are no signals 
around at will, like with terrestial beacons, of friendly fellow hams 
who want to test with you. The ISS activity provided a good opportunity 
to get at least a couple of reliable signals a day.

I haven't been very successful in picking up much with my 70cm DCA, yet. 
I'm not expecting miracles, but it would be nice to at least see some 
traces of something on the waterfall of my Airspy Mini.

So I was wondering, what are the strongest, most reliable beacons you 
can hear on 70cm that I can plug into Gpredict to track? So far I have 
come up with this:

LO-19 - 437.125 MHz - carrier, but continuous. I've heard this one.
FO-29 - 435.795 MHz - haven't heard this one yet. Active?
Athenoxat-1 - 437.495 MHz - CW ID and I've heard this one faintly.
RS-30 - 435.315 MHz - still active? Haven't heard this one.
Lilacsat 2 - 437.200 MHz - listed, but active?

Any additions to what beacons are active or inactive on 70cm are 
welcome. Both CW and FSK telemetry are fine. Cheers,

Hans
BX2ABT



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