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Offline SV1XV

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Letter Beacon in UHF Milsat band
« on: December 06, 2015, 0540 UTC »
Marco I4IBR / I4-20126 discovered a letter beacon "Z" on 268.05 MHz (UHF), which is the downlink of SICRAL 1B satellite for the Italian Navy. He used an AR-3000 with home-made LNA and a 3 element antenna pointing south.

For more information, see the original post (in italian): Letter Beacon in banda UHF Milsat .


« Last Edit: December 06, 2015, 0543 UTC by SV1XV »
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Re: Letter Beacon in UHF Milsat band
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2015, 1810 UTC »
Thanks for sharing
« Last Edit: December 06, 2015, 1900 UTC by sat_dxer »
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Re: Letter Beacon in UHF Milsat band
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2015, 0050 UTC »
Maybe something to do with the Russians operating in Syria?
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