[amsat-bb] XW-2C Appears to be Failing

[Hasan al-Basri]

13:00Z XW-2C popping on for 1/2 sec (can hear myself), then off for about 7
or 8 sec. Repeatable.

Am logging it on:

https://www.amsat.org/status/index.php

as "not heard"

73, N0AN
Hasan


On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 8:27 AM Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> These are such good satellites, sad to see them failing.
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 07:51 Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Sound like the same failure as XW-2D.
> >
> >
> > On 09/13/2019 07:47 PM, Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > > Based on others' reports and my observations this morning, 2C has a bad
> > > problem.
> > > I could see the passband popping on for about 1/2 second and then going
> > > quiet for maybe 15 seconds, repeatedly. When it was on, it was rx'ing
> and
> > > transmitting properly.
> > >
> > > I timed one of my voice transmissions to coincide with the "poppiing
> on"
> > > for 1/2 second and hear my voice quite clearly.
> > >
> > > This was at about 11:40z  this morning.
> > >
> > > 73, N0AN
> > > Hasan
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