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Cover replacement for 7" touchscreen case

My plan for a "simple" Es'hail-2 NB station ...

According to Daniel Estévez ea4gpz Twitter https://twitter.com/ea4gpz
Es'Hail-2 beacon still transmit but power is reduced by 25 dB.

Another Interesting observation:
Es'HailSat homepage have coverage maps and non of them have beams to Europe.


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the last keps, at 20:12 UTC, tell us that the satellite is still at 24° E


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I think the last picture (lower one) is ArabSat 5A at 30.5E @10706 MHz.

thanks for the software

de db8tf

Update for BU500 version1 and version2

Software ( for change default Local Oscilator frequency ) you can download here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nve…8flQFzrFhkcX703rwx5a?dl=0

....and for power problem, please use this hardware configuration:

The BU500 is nice, but it has (at least the 2 i bought) a problem powering up if the supply voltage is a rising at power up.

I solved this issue with a small relais which switches the voltage on to the BU500 with a small delay when the voltage of the…

I think the satellite is no longer in the same position
To get the same signal back, you need to rotate the disk to the east