Hi all, new to the satellite modes. I'm having a lot of difficulty getting into the FM satellites ao-91 and ao-85. I've been able to work the XW2 a,b,c,d,f birds suprisingly well since my antennas are

The Russians have been sending pictures today. Keep an ear on 145.800 for this evening’s passes. Just copied this photo on the previous pass … -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@...

Watch this site for best info .. http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com

John advises ... Dec 6, 2017 Test Setup and activation ? 15:25-16:25UTC Dec 7, 2017 Test Power off ? 08:10-08:20 UTC (note also this said 18:xx on the site earlier. It has been updated) Power on ?

**UPDATE Dec 5** Looks like they had to do some rescheduling related to changes in the Cygnus release. Below is the new schedule: Dec 6, 2017 Test Setup and activation – 15:25-16:25UTC Dec 7,

The Russians had originally scheduled SSTV testing from the ISS over Moscow (with copy in parts of Europe). They've now announced an SSTV test with global coverage prior to their test with the Moscow

If one is wondering about the MIRATA that seems to be close by AO-91 atm in Stellarium , it got deployed with fox1b from JPSS-1 it seems . https://spaceflight101.com/jpss-1/mirata/ Paul

Fred - You are returning to this aspect of this magnificent hobby at a very exciting time! A couple FM voice birds are easily worked right now. Freq charts at ... http://www.work-sat.com

Welcome aboard Fred! 73- Caid W1CX FN33lo

Hello all, Got into ham radio in 2012 my 60th birthday present to myself been mostly on hf.and some fox hunting. Thought it's time to try satellite's , I have arrow antenna and a pair of ft60r

Hi Clint , you could be talking about 2 different things there ? 1- is the deviation definition , is that FM "voice bandwidth" deviation and not frequency deviation (the carrier) . 2- AFC which is a

An interesting inquiry: AO-91 has Automatic Frequency Control built into it. So why is it recommended to adjust the Uplink frequency for Doppler? Lab testing of '91 "corrected" to +/- 8.5kHz

Typo corrected - thanks! N8HM reports: It (AO-91) needs 2 seconds of TX with a 67 Hz tone to activate the transponder. After that, it’ll turn off after not hearing the tone for a minute. If everyone

Hi Clint, Happy Thanksgiving! Just a heads up: your PDF with frequencies has the wrong ‘Alpha’ for AO-91. Is there a required kick start for AO-91 like on SO-50? I thought I read there

Fully commissioned today! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1599152743461102&id=208113275898396 Frequency chart for the FM voice transponder posted at ... Http://www.work-sat.com Clint

EA stations heard working it over europe pass as i type....some people...

So what are the unexpected values referenced to? These? below (mA) 1.0 0.7 768.6 , the last set of 768mA , doing nothing ie:inactive ?. i got the info/data from

Indeed, on a colinear it is been picked up fully readable at 2.8 deg elevation at 3000km range...de Max/M0VNG

If in Russia ... https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com

FROM THE CONTROL TEAM TODAY: AO-91 transponder is on to produce telemetry with all systems active, while we examine unexpected maximum values we see. Transponder is on but not open, please respect our