[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube/AO-73 - Now in Full time low power, beacon/ Transponder ON mode

2014-05-04 Thread Wayne Estes
Greg KO6TH wrote: Working now... Nice contact with W9AE in Oregon. Low pass, so not super strong, but now I can start optimizing things... At the end of the contact, Rx was at 145.960, Tx was 435.155 (both dial readings on my FT-736r). Wayne W9AE replies: It was also my first AO-73 contact

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube/AO-73 - Now in Full time low power beacon/ Transponder ON mode

2014-05-03 Thread g0mrf
7; Sent: Sat, 3 May 2014 20:20 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube/AO-73 - Now in Full time low power beacon/ Transponder ON mode Hi Jim, Just listened to the Saturday 18:34z pass of FunCube over Northern California. Nice telemetry beacon, but I could not hear anyone (including myself) in the passb

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube/AO-73 - Now in Full time low power beacon/ Transponder ON mode

2014-05-03 Thread Greg D
Ha! Working now... Nice contact with W9AE in Oregon. Low pass, so not super strong, but now I can start optimizing things... At the end of the contact, Rx was at 145.960, Tx was 435.155 (both dial readings on my FT-736r). Greg KO6TH Greg D wrote: Hi Jim, Just listened to the Saturday

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube/AO-73 - Now in Full time low power beacon/ Transponder ON mode

2014-05-03 Thread Greg D
Hi Jim, Just listened to the Saturday 18:34z pass of FunCube over Northern California. Nice telemetry beacon, but I could not hear anyone (including myself) in the passband. Is it still in Transponder mode, or am I doing something wrong? Telemetry beacon was at about the predicted 145.935