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China's Tianwen-1 lowers its orbit around Mars to prepare for rover landing https://t.co/E7lsvBC10i https://t.co/gP6s8BGM7D60 minutes ago
Tianwen-1 back to the usual usual. Here is 9ish hour plot of carrier. Usual lock/un-locks. https://t.co/w1EUuUuTuP13 hours ago
Nice capture! https://t.co/WDgz3HfaTuLuc Fontaine @coyotefxl
#GOESEast #GOES16 #GRB
Giant dust cloud from Saharan Desert coming to South America. Crop from today's Full Disk sector at 1410UTC. https://t.co/g9Yd6cvD7r22 hours ago
MOM and its daily(?) 10 min home call. It doesn't seem to be in a ground station lock. https://t.co/Cw3M0mS2tZ23 hours ago
I have purchased S-Band cavity filter 2170-2300 MHz. It's useful in satellite receiver applications https://t.co/Pzo0yG8LZ9 Thanks @sysmocom https://t.co/I4ZLTYgk5Z1 day ago
My evening with Tianwen-1. Includes signal just before orbital maneuver, AOS just after completion, ground lock, wide band data, etc. Lot's of activity tonight. https://t.co/hx1p4X5jXq Categories
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Monthly Archives: August 2012
WX Sonde #2 Tracked and Recovered
Once again, we’ve been lucky enough to track and retrieve another “Harmless Weather Device”! This weather Sonde was launched from Oakland CA and eventually landed just East of the Sacramento Airport (SMF) in an open agricultural field. Chase vehicle driver … Continue reading
Rack-mount IC-9100
I picked up an ICOM IC-9100 a couple years ago at Dayton. I am now finally able to install it into the new station console using one of Novexcomm’s rack mount kits. The rack mount kit comes from Novexcomm as … Continue reading
Improved LNA for Sonde Tracking
I have been using a non-optimal high noise figure wide band LNA for last few months for sonde tracking. I have now replaced it with a more optimal DEMI LNA with a noise figure < 0.7 dB, 25 dB gain … Continue reading
WX Sonde Chase Redux
It’s been a couple weeks since my last effort in tracking and retrieving a weather sonde; luckily, this time the predicted landing sites don’t include any islands or water bodies. For this trip not only is there r00t providing realtime … Continue reading