[amsat-bb] BIRDS-2 Digipeters

[Jean Marc Momple]

Alex,

Will check this side at next pass. Thanks for the info.

73


Jean Marc (3B8du)

> On Aug 18, 2018, at 9:24 PM, alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Last pass at 1704 UTC they had the digipeater beacon for BHUTAN-1 turned on. The callsign is BIRDBT. Last pass they had all three digipeater beacons turned on UiTMSAT and MAYA  callsigns are both BIRDMY
> 
> Signals were exceptional using a Baofeng FP8 HT for the downlink... Of course the M2 yagis didn't hurt either.
> 
> Hopefully they will release the sats for general use among amateurs soon.   73  JACX   KC7MG  DM42 Arizona
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