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.
Hi Bill Any known ETA for TLEs at Celestrak?
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).
No, and these sats are not on Heavens Above yet either. But here is a pass predictor that I have found accurate and useful: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/index.php