Paul, N8HM (FM18), who posted the message about FUNcube-2/UKube-1 being active, happened to be my first SSB QSO at 17:18 UTC today.
My TX offset was 14.3 KHz higher than specified, but for this first time, at least, things seemed to be stable (AO-73 seems to drift quite a bit during a pass). I had no problem using SatPC32 in full UL/DL Doppler control, maybe varying a few hundred hertz over the pass.
I would also say that signals seemed stronger than I’m used to. However slightly after mid-pass some wideband noise wiped out my RX and remained on for about a minute — I’d guess noisy microwave, but it wasn’t mine.
SatPC32 Doppler.sqf file settings for my IC-9100 are:
UKUBE-1,145940,435084.6,CW,CW,REV,0,0,CW
UKUBE-1,145940,435084.3,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Voice U/V
UKUBE-1,145915.0,,USB,,,,TLM
Anyway, nice to work a new bird. Thanks Paul!
