[amsat-bb] AO-40 signal and telemetry

[W1BFN@xxxxxxx]

Using a Myers 24 dB dish, and modified 2880 with conifer 1.5 dB nf preamp, up 
45 feet with a clear shot SW: signal appeared on the TS-2000 at 0.5 degree 
above the horizon, and I collected about a dozen lightly corrupted telemetry 
frames. Seems that the French decoder requires 2 to 3 seconds to get into 
synch, and the overall period of rotation also seems to be 3 seconds.

By turning on the TS-2000 internal preamp and the attenuator, my noise level 
becomes zero, and the signal, with rapid QSB peaked to S-7. I later heard the 
signal in the noise using line enhanced DSP at 52,000 km.
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