You probably heard RS-30. It comes in quite well on 70cm. SOmetimes I find it following close to AO-51 passes.
Reid, W4UPD On 3/29/2011 4:17 PM, James Luhn wrote: > I am very new to satellites so please don't be too hard on me in regards > to this post. > > This afternoon at about14:50 cst (07:50 utc) I copied cw that started > at 435.310mhz and eventually made it to 435.292 before fading away at > roughly 15:00 cst. I am south of Houston, TX, grid EL29, Texas City, TX > near Galveston, TX. The code was always 5 character groups. Some of > what I copied is MCO53, SMA127, SMB0?, US17A........ I looked on the > AMSAT page to see what satellite was overhead and I did not really see > one that would fit the strength of the signal (S9) that I was hearing. > Perhaps someone can inform me as to what satellite I was hearing. > > Also at the time I heard what I believe is some form of radar that > sounded almost like a siren. The signal was pinning the S-meter. Each > time I heard the siren signal I had low flying jets above. No doubt in > my mind there was a connection between the two. The jets were over 3 > times, the siren signal was also 3 times. It was strongest when the jets > were directly overhead. > > Please excuse me if my questions have already been answered. > > 73, > James > WA5AOO > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. 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 > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
