[amsat-bb] Just curious XW series

[Burns Fisher]

I made a QSO on one of the XW2-F last week.

On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 12:51 PM Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> On 2020-01-28 18:29, RG via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > I have had trouble hearing XW satellites lately.I have a Kenwood ts 2000
> and for some reason don't hearing much if anything.I used to hear the
> beacon pretty loud at least for a few moments and most of the pass okay but
> not as much.I was wondering if other Op's. are having the same
> problem.Maybe I need to set up  my 706 as a receive radio,It worked good.I
> dont have any problems with the Kenwood working other modes.It would be
> nice to use one radio.I run  a vertical and realize it's not the best set
> up but again I haven't had this problem in the past.Just looking for some
> opinions.Thanks a lot73RichKB1FGC
> > marzo7088 at yahoo.com
>
> Hello RG,
>
> Having just gotten a 2m antenna set up, which has been sitting in the
> shed for years, I did hear XW-2E today.
>
> The CW beacon was doing odd things, like stopping mid-key and then
> returning to transmit with an upward-sweeping constant tone before
> resuming the CW beacon.
>
> It might be that they're hitting some sort of low-voltage reset
> condition and coming back online when the load is briefly removed.
>
> All of this was heard with a 2m copper-pipe J-pole at perhaps 15 feet in
> the attic, attached to ~40 feet of RG-8X. The beacon was easily copyable
> from 1-2 degrees to 22 degrees (highest elevation for the pass). A small
> J310 preamp awaits installation on another day.
>
> Ideally, you'll want some sort of directional-gain antenna for receive.
> Ken Britain has a simple DIY antenna that can be assembled on the cheap:
>
> https://www.wa5vjb.com/references/Cheap%20Antennas-LEOs.pdf
>
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
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