[amsat-bb] Correct up-link frequency for PO-101 (Diwata-2)

Mac A. Cody maccody at att.net
Mon Jun 24 05:09:29 UTC 2019


That's what I was using.?? Like I said, I was probably just
out-gunned by more powerful stations.

73,

Mac / AE5PH

On 6/23/19 11:01 PM, Stephen E. Belter wrote:
> Mac,
>
> I used these frequencies from the @Diwata2PH Twitter home page:
> Uplink 437.500 MHz, 141.3 Hz CTCSS
> Downlink 145.900 MHz
>
> I had no trouble getting into PO-101 on three passes during Field Day.  I was able to talk to myself for all three passes for the entire pass.
>
> Of course, I was in Copper Center, Alaska and nobody else within range was heard.
>
> My point is that these frequencies worked, so the AMSAT website and their Twitter home page are most likely correct.  My station was a standard Arrow, IC-9700, with manual tuning.
>
> 73, Steve N9IP
> --
> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
>
> ???On 6/23/19, 7:35 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mac A. Cody via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>      On the AMSAT FM Satellite Frequency Summary it lists the
>      up-link frequency for PO-101 (Diwata-2) as 437.500 MHz.
>      On the PHL Microsat website, the up-link frequency is
>      listed as 437.7 MHz.?? Which is correct??? I tried to
>      work PO-101 during Field Day yesterday and had no
>      success getting in with my radio set to 437.500 MHz,
>      and Doppler-shift adjusted near values.?? Of course,
>      being Field Day, I could have just been 'out-gunned'.
>      I do wonder, though.
>      
>      73,
>      
>      Mac / AE5PH
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