Big news!
http://www.arrl.org/news/china-successfully-launches-nine-amateur-radio-satellites
and
http://amsat-uk.org/tag/xw-2/
I have pulled my 2 meter down converter out of storage and have connected it to the Drake 2B. These satellites are due to be over my location at 0720 local tomorrow. I will be listening.
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Hi Bill
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No, and these sats are not on Heavens Above yet either. But here is a pass predictor that I have found accurate and useful:
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Anyone realised that XH stands for XinHua (China, Chinese)? Incidentally the Chinese pronunciation is very similar to French, and Englis slang picks it up (from there) as "Chin-wah" and Cockneys take it into their rhyming slang as "China" - "me ol' China" (->China plate,-> mate).
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