<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I do have the turnstile ready to go up <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Andrew </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 12 Oct 2017, at 5:28 pm, Mark Jessop <<a href="mailto:lenniethelemming@gmail.com" class="">lenniethelemming@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">A vertical will definitely not be ideal for satellite reception: <div class="">- Your gain is in the wrong place (for the most part)</div><div class="">- Depending on spacecraft orientation (and the TLE's don't tell you this!), you may have significant polarisation loss.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do we have any information on if the satellite is transmitting linearly or circularly polarised? (my guess is linear, like pretty much everything on 70cm up there)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With regards to receive systems, i've had *some* success with a 70cm turnstile + MiniKits 70cm masthead preamp, on my 70cm SatNOGS ground station.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm not 100% sure the pattern on the turnstile is a quite right, I think it's a bit narrow. I also have various obstructions around the antenna which produce nulls in interesting directions.</div><div class="">A plot from a recent-ish observation is here:</div><div class=""><a href="https://network.satnogs.org/observations/19338/" target="_blank" class="">https://network.satnogs.org/<wbr class="">observations/19338/</a><br class=""></div><div class="">That strong interferer doesn't help the FSK9k6 demodulator much either... </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I've got a few FalconSat passes queued up for the next few hours:</div><div class=""><a href="https://network.satnogs.org/observations/19670/" class="">https://network.satnogs.org/observations/19670/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://network.satnogs.org/observations/19671/" class="">https://network.satnogs.org/observations/19671/</a><br class=""></div><div class="">Data will show up on these pages after the observations have occurred in a few hours.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At some point I'll see what I can get with my Kenwood TH-D72 and a yagi antenna.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">73</div><div class="">Mark VK5QI</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Andrew Rich <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net" target="_blank" class="">vk4tec@tech-software.net</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I did not see a lot of signal - I am not convinced my SNR is good enough<br class="">
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I would like to try a hill and a yagi<br class="">
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Andrew<br class="">
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> On 12 Oct 2017, at 4:54 pm, Rick Kowalewski <<a href="mailto:rick@vk6xlr.net" class="">rick@vk6xlr.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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> Sure it can:<br class="">
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> Here's copied data from a few days ago:<br class="">
> 1:Fm PFS3-1 To TLMC-1 <UI R Pid=F0 Len=4> [20:56:49R] [AA] [+--++--]CL:0<br class="">
> 1:Fm PFS3-1 To LSTAT <UI R Pid=F0 Len=46> [20:56:49R] [AA] [---+---]I P:0x13A8 o:0 l:26062 f:26092, d:1 st:6 e:cb<br class="">
> 1:Fm PFS3-1 To TIME-1 <UI R Pid=F0 Len=64> [20:56:58R] [AN] [-------]PHT: uptime is 707/07:49:24. Time is Fri Oct 06 12:57:53 2017<br class="">
> 1:Fm PFS3-11 To PBLIST <UI R Pid=F0 Len=11> [20:59:01R] [NN] [+--+---]PB: Empty.<br class="">
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> On 12/10/2017 14:29, Andrew Rich wrote:<br class="">
>> ICOM 910H<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> 9k6 ON<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> Signalink with UZ7HO sound modem FSM G3RUH 9600 baud<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> Elevation 89.4 degrees<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> MacDoppler correction 435.112 MHz to 435.xxx MHz<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> No Packets copied<br class="">
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>> 435.112 MHz Start heard a change in static<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> I am not convinced the SignalLink can do it<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> I am going to move across to a my FunCube Dongle and use Software Defined Radio to try and snag it<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> Will report back<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> I can certainly hear the 9k6 rush from the bird<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> Diamond X300 BS antenna LDF4-50<br class="">
>><br class="">
>> Andrew VK4TEC<br class="">
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