Negai via Skype

Mike Rupprecht DK3WN has used Skype to receive the Amateur Radio satellite Negai.

Because Negai is in a low inclination orbit it cannot be received in the British Isles and Europe. To overcome this Mike with the assistance of Tetsu JA0CAW made use of Skype.

Mike has posted this information on the AMSAT bulletin board:

Today I made an exciting experiment together with my friend Tetsu JA0CAW.

Since we can't hear NEGAI in Central Europe we established a live link between our stations. Tetsu gave me access to his PC via remote control (VNC) and I could control his transceiver. We established a second connection via Skype for audio.

The audio quality was excellent and I could hear NEGAI at a 10 deg pass over the Pacific Ocean :-)

See here: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=15176

Negai - reception reports needed
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2010/
negai_reports_requested.htm

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