Congratulations Sion, Unfortunately I was not at the station to take advantage of HO-68 switched over Malaysia. Beacon can of course be heard from AOS to LOS with KCT keeping the doppler adjusted properly.
73 Sangat, 9M2SS 2009/12/26 9w...@9w2qc.net <9w...@9w2qc.net>: > Dear All, > > For the first time this morning (26th December 2009 at 0815 UTC, 45 Deg > Elevation), the linear transponder of XW-1 / HO-68 was turned on over Kuala > Lumpur, Malaysia. The transponder was sounding very well, with a couple of > high speed CW stations and JAs heard on SSB just after AOS. > > Unfortunately, had too short a window to find my uplink and work the JAs. > After the JA window has passed, managed to have a nice contact with E21EJC. > As published, the linear transponder shut off at 0819 UTC, and after this > the following CW telemetry was recorded: > > http://www.9w2qc.net/amsatbb/HO68_1120MYT_45DEG.mp3 > > Great sounding satellite, and hope to see the linear/FM transponder > activated more often over this part of the region. BTW, is there any > particular e-mail address (maybe from the control team) that we should use > to send telemetry recordings to? > > Would also like to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010. > > 73, > Sion Chow Q. C., > 9W2QC, WQ2C > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > -- Sangat Singh 53, Jln. Perdana National Planetarium 50480 Kuala Lumpur (MALAYSIA) Mobile: +6012 283 8873 Office: +603 2278 7388 FAX: +603 2273 8873 Skype ID: sukhija _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
