[amsat-bb] Has anyone heard the Exceed Satellite?

Thu Dec 6 19:49:39 UTC 2018

Audio capture on 145.900 on an Exceed Pass over Buenos Aires, tracking
with http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=exceed

Wonder if it is Exceed or any other, will keep trying.

http://amsat.org.ar/exceed.wav

73, lu7abf, Pedro

On 12/6/18, Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:
> Unfortunately, when Fox-1Cliff  (and all the Foxes) turns on its Tx it
> starts at a low frequency and sweeps up to its nominal 145920 over the
> course of a second or less.  You might have heard it sweep across 900.
> There would be no modulation while that was happening, and it would happen
> about every two minutes.
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 12:40 AM Nitin Muttin via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jim for sharing your observations, the satellite sends out a beacon
>> "V" followed by the RTTY telemetry every minute.
>> 73
>> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>>
>>     On Thursday, 6 December, 2018, 10:04:31 AM IST, Jim White <
>> jim at coloradosatellite.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Heard unmodulated bursts about one second long about 2 minutes and 10
>> seconds apart on 145.900 during the pass starting about 0300 UTC.  The
>> direction roughly corresponded with elements 43766. That is, the last in
>> the train of objects in the catalog 18999 group.  It sounded unmodulated
>> and may have been sweeping in frequency across my receiver.  It was
>> clearly from one of the group of satellites; it started at about AOS of
>> that object and was not heard after LOS.  The signal was fairly strong.
>> It had the feel of a transmitter gone bad or perhaps without enough
>> power to come fully on and stabilize.
>>
>> Using a two Yagi EME array.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> jim at coloradosatellite.com
>>
>> wd0e at amsat.org
>>
>> On 12/5/2018 7:09 PM, Loren M. Lang wrote:
>> > What's the best TLE for tracking that satellite?
>> >
>> > - Loren
>> > K7IW
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 6:06 PM Jerry Buxton <n0jy at amsat.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> ExseedSat has been heard, but is sporadic.  Along with telemetry from
>> >> Cliff, if stations with big ears can listen for ExseedSat and report
>> >> here that would be appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Jerry Buxton, NØJY
>> >>
>> >> On 12/5/2018 16:26, Burns Fisher wrote:
>> >>> I reported to Nitin that I had seen it (was watching a display while
>> >> trying
>> >>> to get Fox-1Cliff telemetry).  But I think I was mistaken looking at
>> the
>> >>> wrong freq.  I did not see it at all this morning.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 4:18 PM Fernando Ramirez <
>> >> framirezferrer at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I've listened for the past couple of nights and only heard JY1-SAT,
>> >> ITASAT,
>> >>>> AO-95 and MOVE-II around those frequencies. Nothing heard from Exceed
>> on
>> >>>> 145.900 MHz.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 73
>> >>>> Fernando, NP4JV
>> >>>> DM41mi, Arizona
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 1:48 PM Loren M. Lang <penguin359 at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> After several passes, I still have not heard the Exceed satellite
>> >>>>> coordinated for 145.900 MHz. Has anyone else heard it or has it
>> changed
>> >>>>> frequencies?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Loren
>> >>>>> K7IW
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