[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Transmissions over North America Thursday PM

2011-08-18 Thread B J
Ok, 04:01z pass over CM98 in Northern Calif... Max elevation 15.6 degrees, > to the North North West. > > This was followed by 2 min of silence, and English spoken announcement (not > sure which variety of English), some children chanting, and another break > for silence. The pass ended wi

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Transmissions over North America Thursday PM

2011-08-18 Thread Greg D.
Hi Gould, Ok, 04:01z pass over CM98 in Northern Calif... Max elevation 15.6 degrees, to the North North West. Pass started with a foreign voice (Russian, I think). Then there was a USA welcome message (with the USA Secret Word), and an SSTV image. Not sure which one, as there was too much

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Transmissions over North America Thursday PM

2011-08-18 Thread Greg D.
Hmmh, interesting. The 02:30z pass this evening over CM98 sounded like normal low power mode. Female announcement, switched to foreign language (sounded German), SSTV picture (canned), few minutes of silence, then more talking, then silence to LOS. No voice telemetry, and I'm not set up to r

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Transmissions over North America Thursday PM

2011-08-18 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
Gould, For what it's worth, the linear transponder sounded good. I had a quick QSO with K3SZH. Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Aug 18, 2011 7:46 PM, "Gould Smith" wrote: > During the 2320Z pass of ARISSat-1 over North America this evening a number of changes to the 2m FM