[amsat-bb] satellite cw beacon

Roy Dean royldean at gmail.com
Sat May 9 12:46:28 UTC 2020


>
> Speaking of CW beacons, I tried to copy the CW beacon from CAS-4B this
> morning and all I found was a continuous tone/carrier. It was doppler
> shifting so I assume I was hearing (and watching on waterfall) the
> satellite but no CW. Is this normal? Does it just send code on certain
> occasions? Steve AI9IN


I noticed this as well, about a week or two ago.   The very next pass, the
CW was back on.    Transponder operation didn't seem to be affected at all.

--Roy
K3RLD


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