Re: [amsat-bb] What am I hearing??

[Bob Johnson <bob88@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if it was supposed to be visible for you at the time, but you 
have perfectly described AO-7, and the frequency is right.  See 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/news/wsr.html#ao-7

The modulated CW tone indicates that either it is not getting enough sunlight 
or someone is running much too much power on the uplink.  It is unfortunately 
not unusual for users to run way too much uplink power.

- Bob


On Saturday 07 December 2002 04:03 pm, Cliff Buttschardt wrote:
> This signal might be common but I've not heard it before!  On 7 Dec 02
> at 2030 UTC from Central California there was CW telemetry with a rough
> T1 note.  The telemetry was composed of multiple three number
> groups followed by two HI's.  CW rate was about ten WPM.  The beam
> heading was NNW on a frequency of 145.971.  The note seemed to be
> modulated at a 20 hertz rate producing a gargling sound.
>      At the time AO10, SO41, RS15, SO33 and MO46 in view.  Could it be
> that SO33 faulted to CW at the time and I was hearing one third the
> beacon frequency?  Not likely but interesting indeed.  Cliff K7RR
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