Monday, January 7, 2013

7 January 2013

Another daylight attempt at receiving FITSAT-1's CW beacon.

Pass details:
 Time
local
AltAz
Pass Begins0758:4810°WSW
Highest Altitude0801:5973°NW
Pass Ends0805:0810°NE

Today I used Satellite AR, another Augmented Reality program, to locate NIWAKA. I knew in advance that this program needs an internet connection so brought my ClearSPOT along with me. The program showed where FITSAT-1 would be and agreed with the information above so I am pretty certain I was sweeping the skt in the right location.

But nothing was heard. A couple of times there was a brief dip in the volume of the static but nothing like I heard on Saturday. It was cloudy out this morning. I don't know it that is enough to attenuate a QRP signal coming from space.