{"id":9477,"date":"2024-06-30T12:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T06:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2024-06-30T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T07:33:16","slug":"good-contacts-through-lapan-a-2-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/good-contacts-through-lapan-a-2-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Contacts Through LAPAN A-2 Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OHGvstj_JEU?si=VyfLgTU4AbA0uQeG\" 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><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of enthusiasm among LEO Satellite operators in my region after the activation of LAPAN A-2 has been advanced a bit with a new &#8216;VR DX Only&#8217; slot meant for our region. Earlier, activation of the LAPAN A-2 or IO-86 amateur radio satellite was only when it enters Indonesia on its pass near the equator, which was towards the end of pass in our region. Now with the efforts of VU3CDK and YD0NXX activation of IO-86, the Indonesian Microsatellite corresponds to the time of closest approach in my region. There is an exciting opportunity for us contact even up to Mauritius. In fact 3B8FA from Mauritius is planning to try contacting VU hams on the evening pass of LAPAN A-2 which has a time window of around 2 minutes between the two regions.<\/p>\n<p>Today morning I was very happy to have my third contact on LAPAN A-2. Though I have been able to hear DX on LAPAN A-2, I have not been able to establish two way contacts due to my limited setup of fixed elevation-azimuth antenna. YD6AKP posted a recording of the full pass in our LEO Satellite group, which VU3CDK has kindly sent me. I could hear my signal clearly in that and YD6AKP calling me back several times. Sorry that I could not hear it because of my poor RX situation. The full pass recording was quite exciting as it was an excellent video recording with so many VU stations and Indonesian stations working each other. Here is a short recording of the morning pass of LAPAN A-2 from my radio.<\/p>\n<p>The second pass of LAPAN A-2 today morning was even more exciting. I could contact several VU stations and at least one Indonesian station called me back and I replied. I am reproducing the recording of my QSOs recorded by me here, after removing a lot of intervening noise due to the open squelch in my radio. You can hear a lot of VU stations and Indonesian stations having contacts. Audio quality is not that excellent because of my limited setup.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly VU2TEK operating with a tape measure Yagi and a hand held radio, was heard at Bali by YD9CKH nearly 5000 km from here, on LAPAN A-2 yesterday! That is a fantastic achievement by a new LEO satellite operator with totally homebrew, inexpensive antenna. He told me that he had bought steel measuring tapes from the local market and cut them to make the dual band tape measure Yagi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of enthusiasm among LEO Satellite operators in my region after the activation of LAPAN A-2 has been advanced a bit with a new &#8216;VR DX Only&#8217; slot meant for our region. 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