Dave Cawley

Been there, done that ! You have mail on X

@coastal8049.bsky.social
What freqancy and or width will you be looking at ?

What freqancy and or width will you be looking at ?

How slow is the drift ?

Well this is a great shame and a learning opportunity. Here we noticed the contrast between IM-2 and BGM-1 where one was tall and skinny and the other low and dumpy. Also BG had woks for feet and the landing video showed the efficacy of the shock absorbers.
The transmitters & antennas were great !

@coastal8049.bsky.social How long until you get a good view of it Scott ?

@coastal8049.bsky.social @eelkevisser.bsky.social
On the Moon with a non-optimal 93cm (zoom in)

IM-2 a few degrees above the horizon on my non-optimal 92cm. Previous post was wrong image !

I looked wen you posted but just nothing. It's behind some houses now so that's all until tomorrow.

I got Blue Ghost at 1.2 degrees this morning, so same here !

@eelkevisser.bsky.social @coastal8049.bsky.social

Perfect sight from here now, but nothing received at all ?
Are you getting anything ? 14:50 UTC

Thanks !

@coastal8049.bsky.social I'm glad to see they are using the IM-1 frequency.
How can I track this ? (or know where it is ?)

Agreed, and Scott is getting it there too. As you said, it's getting busy up there !

@amsat-dl.org What freqancy is IM-2 on please ?

Well, that's a great deal !

"sync it to the HP Z3801a " now that would be cool.
I can see a very long loop filter and the need for a virtually noise-less control system, but well worth doing indeed !

I like that ! Bristol University is only 2 hours away. A motor and flywheel, Arduino and a handful of components, I'm almost tempted to make one.

Yes indeed, I looked at your link
"Reaction wheels are used primarily by spacecraft for three-axis attitude control, and do not require rockets or external applicators of torque, which reduces the mass fraction needed for fuel."
I never knew that, thanks.

That would make sense, although I’m not sure I understand how they actually do that.
Thanks, Dave

@firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
I noticed on the recent video that the Spacecraft always appears to be facing the Sun ? Is this normal or an optical illusion

7:40 UTC this morning 7 degrees elevation 12.5dB C/N with my known sub-optimal 92cm linear system on the final 100km orbit before descent.
@coastal8049.bsky.social
I noticed on the recent video that the Spacecraft always appears to be facing the Sun ? Is this normal or an optical illusion ?

@amsat-dl.org
I noticed on recent video that the Spacecraft always appears to be facing the Sun ? Is this normal or an optical illusion

Much better this morning !

Blue Ghost in Europe today at 7:50. The Moon is only 10 degrees above the horizon and the dish is looking straight into trees.
This is a sub-optimal system using a 92cm (3 foot) dish and a linear feed. The carrier is visible on the spectrum but not in this screen shot. 73 G4IUG ex G8EAO

Do you still have that capability?

And the good news for me, after I re-set my tracking system and the above had happened, I'm back to the usual strength here in the UK.

I thought that but checked with AMSA-DL live stream. I'll have more time tonight.

No visibility here for probably 11 hours ?
Have you got any provisional elements and how strong is it ?
Thanks Dave

Works perfectly, thanks. For some reason Scott's was giving me an error.