{"id":15228,"date":"2025-08-23T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=15228"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:18:59","slug":"excellent-signals-on-lapan-a2-io-86-satellite-with-india-id-early-activation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/excellent-signals-on-lapan-a2-io-86-satellite-with-india-id-early-activation\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent signals on LAPAN-A2 (IO-86) satellite with India-ID early activation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqWa8QjdQ84?si=tdg51lt3Qb8LfcZ4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAPAN-A2 (IO-86 or Indonesia Oscar 86 ) satellite amateur radio payload controller YD0NXX has been providing special India-ID early activation schedules over the past few weekends. Today it was for an excellent 30 degree maximum elevation pass in my region. I listened with my fixed elevation\/azimuth Moxon Yagi which was rotated manually twice during the pass to match direction of the satellite. As it has a relatively large beamwidth, I could hear signals almost throughout the activation period in this region, including DX stations! Here is the curated pass recording after removing periods with just the hissing noise of open squelch in the FM only radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAPAN-A2 (IO-86 or Indonesia Oscar 86 ) satellite amateur radio payload controller YD0NXX has been providing special India-ID early activation schedules over the past few weekends. Today it was for an excellent 30 degree maximum elevation pass in my region. 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