3B8DU Jean Marc

Decoded or made contact through over 150 satellites, on LEO, MEO, GEO and Lunar birds

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@n6rfm @bg2bhc @BY2HIT Bob, your are doing marketing for 3B8DU as my call sign appears large on your PIC, Hi! , just joking. Indeed AO-123 is a real great bird to experiment with. Personally learning a lot, Thanks to the ASTRU-1 team. 73 Jean Marc (3B8BU)

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

Happy new year 2024 to all, hope the best for you this year. Not very active these days due to other priorities but will be back soon. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@hermawan_wd Good evening, I had great fun with GC in the past. I need to check the setup and probably upgrade the sound modem. Thanks for suggesting I will try next week. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

Hi All, been away for some time but now back. I upgraded SDR Console to V3.3 and great work by Simon, see PIC QO-100. E.g. the band plan but I also sync Tx/Rx and don't have now to worry about Fx, the S-meter is much better but I need still to adjust the SDR gain, 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@gilles_platret Bonsoir Gilles, bravo pour Tevel il faudra que j'essaie bientôt.

73

Jean Marc

[Mauritius Research and Innovation Council @MRIC_2019]

ISS Calling Mauritius!

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

QO-100 experimental data beacon, getting quite good RX with the AMSAT-DL Multimedia High Speed Modem. Learning to use it and will try TX soon. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@st2nh Nader, I am pleased to note that you and QTH safe now. All the best to you and yours. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@ITUSecGen Doreen, was a great honor for MARS and for me to make this first & to have the privilege to share with you the 3B8 experience about QO-100. Keep it up with such great support to the HAM community for the benefit of our younger generation in STEM and ham radio. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@Tomek_SP5LOT @GumushAerospace @SatNOGS Tomasz, bravo but I will not upload any data from KILICSAT as reported uncoordinated with IARU. More providing no real value-added to HAMs, e.g. a simple digipeater. More may cause QRM to existing birds. We should discourage this kind of behavior on HAM bands. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@TSKelso @SpaceX Hi T.S., Thanks.
I compared the pre-launch TLE with Space X live stream and could not see a difference. Even if there was any, it was perfect for HAM purpose, excellent. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

INSPIRE-SAT 7 temporary TLE by Celestrack seems accurate comparing position on SpaceX live 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@PY4ZBZ @scott23192 @amsatf @uvsqsat OK Roland,
Je te remercie pour les conseils, je met tout en route pour recevoir les premiers TLM's.

73
Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@PY4ZBZ @scott23192 @amsatf @uvsqsat Merci Roland pour le lien, mais pas de TLE pour INSPIRE-Sat 7 dans le fichier.

73

Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@scott23192 @amsatf @uvsqsat Hi Scott, was out of bird hunting for a while. Just saw your post, any temporary TLE for INSPIRE-Sat 7? I am also putting the new birds in my database and try to shoot at them... 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

@vk5qi Mark, thanks for your honesty. Fredy Damkalis actually scheduled the observation and full credit should also be be given to him. But the Award goes to the Station per our present rules. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

Dear All,
Not very active on Ham QRG theses days as quite busy with the 3B8 ARISS student contact planned for 1st week of March. But enjoying sailing /MM on Odyssee II, today's nice passage around Coin de Mire island on the sailing push-pull amplifier. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

Congratulations to Mark VK5QI as winner of the MARS F3 Award. See attached PIC. 73 Jean Marc

[3B8DU Jean Marc @3b8du]

It seems that Mark (VK5QI) was the last station to receive successfully Falconsat 3 (F3) signals.
Therefore request that anyone who may have received F3 after him after 21/01/2023 at 13:34:41 Hrs do claim so and provide proof by 27/01/2023 at midnight UTC. See Amsat-BBs. 73 JM