[amsat-bb] odd phenomena AO7 ?

[Ron VE8RT]

Hi Scott,

   I tried to get an audio sample of the beacon, but no luck.  After
spending some time downloading a few files (long, slow download)
identified as CW at the satnoggs site I had to give up, there was no
identifiable Morse on the ones I downloaded.

   So I can't say that it wasn't Move II, the CW was at about 25wpm,
some longer dashes, it appeared to me to be random, definitely no
audible data.

   Too bad I didn't record it.

     Ron VE8RT

On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 18:02:59 -0400
Scott via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Good day, Ron!
> 
> Satellite 'Move-2' was west of your location around that time & is supposed
> to have a beacon on 145.950.  So, that's a possible source.
> 
> https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//images/move-2-orbit.png
> 
> https://www.move2space.de/MOVE-II/satellite/radio-amateurs/
> 
> -Scott,  K4KDR
> 
> =======================
> 
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:38 PM Ron VE8RT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> 
> >   back in the late 80's and early 90's I'd heard this on the HF sats
> > that downlinked on 10M, but not on 2M.
> >
> >  While looking at future satellite plots I had the receiver tuned to
> > the mid band of the AO7 downlink and I'm hearing CW (145.948 MHz).
> > There are no amateur satellites above my horizon, anywhere.  It was
> > very clear, sounded like someone listening for their output, long
> > dashes, bursts of CW, pauses, more of the same.  I thought that I'd
> > recorded it, but I didn't press the record button long enough and have
> > nothing to show for it.  GPredict, at about 21:12 UTC had the azimuth
> > of AO7 at 327 deg with an elevation of -54.  It lasted a few minutes
> > and the followed the Doppler correction as shown on GPredict.  When I
> > pointed my antenna to the GPredict azimuth for AO7 the signal strength
> > noticeably increased.
> >
> >   Does this also happen on 2M?
> >
> >     Ron VE8RT
> >
> > --
> > Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>
> >
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Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>