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HO-68 CW Beacon at 22:06 on 22/09/11

Posted on Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 3:42 pm.

HO-68-22-06-22-09-11-35EL.mp3 This is a recording of the HO-68 CW Beacon as the satellite past over at 35 degrees elevation. Using a ICOM IC-910HX and a 10el 70cms Yagi Az/EL controlled.

My First Contact Via Arissat-1

Posted on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 at 3:37 pm.

I started out on Sunday trying to get a QSO via Arissat-1′s transponder. As its passes are within daylight over the Europe, Sunday night I managed to hear myself via the transponder using 25w into a 10 element yagi (computer controlled). The signal seemed reasonable although some heavy QSB at times then others I was [...]