3 Jul
2013
3 Jul
'13
4 p.m.
FITSAT-1 was heard over Texas (EL29) at 1344UTC (7/3/2013) Signal strength was changing considerably and it seemed the time between CW bursts was changing. Perhaps the signal strength changing simply caused me to miss part of the transmission. Maybe the satellite is tumbling. I updated my Keps but I have a feeling the numbers are changing and I actually did not have my beam pointed perfectly. I am sure I looked like a one-armed paper hanger while tuning everything on this pass. I also forgot to turn on my recorder (or I simply ran out of hands) for this pass. My next opportunity to hear FITSAT will be later today.
73, -james W5AOO