[amsat-bb] PSAT2 status DIGI and Voice are on

[Scott]

Amazing job at only 17°, Nick - congrats!

Also on that pass there was some digi-voice which really caught me
off-guard... not something we're used to on the other APRS sats.

Still low on the horizon so it's not totally clear, but sounds like
"WD4???"   Here's that audio:

https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//files/2019-07-03--0145--psat2-digi-voice.mp3

-Scott,  K4KDR

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On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 10:11 PM Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Hi Bob!
> Managed to copy my first SSTV image on 17 degree pas @01:45 UTC today.
> Looks like its a image from the ROM of your desk. Also managed to copy a
> PSK31 telemetry frame on 375hz: PSAT-2 A bDmk bBaalfvdpqjEar aaaa A bCph
> bBamlkujpqjFak . No luck this pass in trying to bring up the PSK31
> transponder and seeing my downlink, but this was my first attempt. I will
> keep trying on 29.481.50. My SSTV image can be seen on my twitter here:
> https://twitter.com/KE8AKW/status/1146238059698110465 . Also looks like
> two
> stations were digipeated in the US on that pass according to FINDU
> http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1 . Thanks for enabling
> the digipeater. We cannot wait here in the higher latitudes to finally hear
> and work PSAT-2!
>
> 73 - Nick KE8AKW
>