Re: [amsat-bb] S1 party

["P. Thomas Gabel" <n9rpq@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I missed the party after S2 went off I had a bad time of it.  Found the S1
beacon
but what is the uplink & downlink freq?
                                                                       Tom
N9RPQ


Jerry Pixton wrote:

> All,
>
> Yes, indeed it was a party. Such nice signals. What a difference 10dB
> makes. We definitely have a bird that can be worked even if it doesn't get
> better. I never hear Europe that good on HF
>
> I lost the first 20 minutes or so after the switch because my data base had
> a 40Khz error in it and I could not find my own downlink. Since I had just
> been making nice qso on S2, I puzzled for a few minutes. Finally had to
> turn off the computer control for doppler to the FT-847, take the 847 out
> of Track mode, set the transmitter at upper end of band, transmit and
> MANUALLY tune the receiver to find my signal.  How quickly we forget the
> manual processes when computers take over.
>
> Sure enough there it was, but 40kHz from where my first estimates to the
> computer said it was. Once that was set, I entered new values in the
> database and went back to automatic doppler correction. Had several good
> qso on S1 out to about 50,000 km.
>
> For those keeping track of offfsets, etc.
>
> The published Frequency Conversion "magic number" on the amsat web seems
> right on for S1, unlike the number for S2 which is wrong.
>
> The Transponder Conversion Constant  for S1 is 2836.025Mhz and this is just
> what I needed after all my calculations. The like number for S2 seems to be
> the 2836.990 number mentioned here several times.
>
> So if anyone is doing a spread sheet for S1, a 2836.025 Conversion Constant
> worked last night.
>
> Now to try it on several more passes.
>
> Jerry, W6IHG
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> Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs LLC
> http://www.pixos.com/designs/
> jpixton@shentel.net
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