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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #165 on: October 24, 2020, 0301 UTC »
Windy with a very nice strong signal with minimal fading, best I have heard it in some time this evening. Wind ditting about one per second, TMP 77 B 111. 03:00Z 24OCT2020.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #166 on: October 25, 2020, 0118 UTC »
Windy nice and strong this evening but no telemetry, only "S" 01:15 UTC 25 OCT 2020
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #167 on: October 26, 2020, 0937 UTC »
"S" at 0936 26 Oct 2020
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #168 on: October 26, 2020, 1531 UTC »
Still sending "S" 15:30 UTC 26 OCT 2020
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #169 on: October 27, 2020, 0000 UTC »
Windy sure needs a battery swap....
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #170 on: October 27, 2020, 0140 UTC »
Been overcast here the past couple of days so maybe not enough sun in addition to the battery if it is cloudy wherever Windy is. Sending "H" now, I don't know which is less charge on the battery "S" or "H" or if they have some other meaning.  Strong signal at 01:40 UTC 27 OCT 2020.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #171 on: October 27, 2020, 1020 UTC »
"S" at 1019 UTC 27 Oct 2020.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #172 on: October 27, 2020, 2243 UTC »
Batt up to 12.1 and sending the normal telemetry

It IS a cold day in hell  (71!)

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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #173 on: October 28, 2020, 1007 UTC »
1003 UTC 28 Oct 2020 Telemetry heard, quite weak this morning.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #174 on: October 28, 2020, 2244 UTC »
Evening check showed it's 79 in hell today and windy is pinging away with almost no wind.

4096 hrd riding qsb peaks too.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #175 on: October 29, 2020, 1033 UTC »
Telemetry heard circa 1030 UTC 29 Oct 2020.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #176 on: October 29, 2020, 2010 UTC »
1014Z:  Heard on SDR recording from this morning, fading in and out right around the noise floor.   TMP 57 B111.   I narrowed the RX filter down to 20 HZ for this -- worked well and much easier on the ears.    No sign of the "L" beacon.

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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #177 on: October 31, 2020, 0244 UTC »
Windy sending "S" this evening. 02:44 UTC 31 OCT 2020
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #178 on: November 02, 2020, 1119 UTC »
Telemetry heard 1119 UTC 2 Nov 2020.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #179 on: November 03, 2020, 1121 UTC »
Windy telemetry heard, weak, around 1120 UTC 3 Nov 2020.
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