Moon Orbiter

[VK2FAK]

Hi all,

Has anyone made an attempt to receive the images sent down by the Orbiter of the moon and earth in the same pic..


John

[VK5PJ]

Hi John,
 is this the same one that has a beacon on it tranmitting JT65 on 70cm ??  I know a friend in VK6 has been decoding a beacon from a moon orbiter fairly regulary but its not very strong.

Regards,
Peter

[VK2FAK]

Hi Peter,

Probably the same sat. But is using JT4G and gmsk. And no its not strong at all, I have yet to see any trace. Using a 17el hor beam and pre-amp, but nothing seen so far.

Some of the setups that have had success, the early date ones were when the sat was much closer.
http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/wp/?page_id=844

Curious to what your friend is using .?

John

[VK2FAK]

Hi all,

Finally, I got a look at both the JT4G and GMSK signals last night, still no decode, but I see light at the end of the tunnel now.

You guys with the 70cm arrays would have been getting some good signals, and probably able to get the "Moon - Earth " photo that was sent during the later TX.

John

[VK2FAK]

Hi all,

Had some success last night, managed a few decodes of the JT4G  signal from the moon orbiting satellite DSLWP-B.

Next is to improve the  GMSK  signal.

The best SNR I got was -15, not to bad.

   
   


John

[VK1JA]

Well done John!

I keep meaning to have a look for it, but forget to check their twitter feed to see when they have it scheduled to transmit

[VK2FAK]

Hi all,

Thank you, I was working with an Owl assist last night , that seemed to enjoy the top of the antenna, even when I was adjusting the antenna pointing...lol

For those interested, will try post the schedule here, not much luck for the next few days here though.

DSLWP-B UHF, UTC 15 Oct 08:50 to 10:50, 16 Oct 16:00 to 18:00, 17 Oct 16:00 to 18:00, 18 Oct 16:30 to 18:30, 19 Oct 16:50 to 18:50, 20 Oct 17:10 to 19:10, 21 Oct 13:30 to 15:30

436.400 JT4G and GMSK
435.400 JT4G only