Re: [amsat-bb] Starshine...no PCsat

[Ronald Ross <ronald@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jean-Louis

Not Starshine.
But I did decode PCsat in downtown San Francisco (8.30PDT pass)
on my TH-D7 HT. Standing on the street using the comet SMA24
whip antenna instead of the RD. Loud and clear on the HT!!

Ronald, KE6JAB


Jean-Louis.RAULT@fr.thalesgroup.com wrote:

 > Thanks for the information, Phillip.
 >
 > I wonder if somebody tried to acquire the Starshine transmissions with a
 > simple handheld receiver, as propsed on the WEB site.
 > On my side, I used an 11 elements RHCP yagi antenna, a high gain/low noise
 > preamp and an ICOM IC821H transceiver. The S-meter never went beyond S7.
 >
 > Cheers


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