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Checking the Voice Transponder of BeliefSat-0<\/span><\/h2>\n

There was a pass of BeliefSat-0<\/a>, the new Amateur Radio FM Satellite from India, yesterday night at 11.17 pm IST (5.47 pm UTC). I had been informed by the faculty in charge of the BeliefSat-0 that the voice transponder will be switched on during that pass. I had asked two of my ham friends to try the voice transponder during the pass.<\/p>\n

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It was a pass of about 37 degree maximum elevation for me. So it would have a higher elevation for my friends who were operating from locations South of me. I could hear the telemetry beacon about three times. I did not hear any voice transmissions. I did try calling a few times in between the telemtry beacons. Still I could not hear anything.<\/p>\n

The recording which you heard in the beginning is one of the telemetry beacons which I heard. I am reproducing it once again. The hissing sounds in the beginning and at the end are heard with the squelch open when no signal is being received.<\/p>\n

Shall try more passes with higher elevation in the coming days, during daytime, to check if I can contact any fellow amateur radio operators through BeliefSat-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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