It was a pleasure to work with you on UO-11 Clive. I still listen for her at least a couple of times a week, last time was yesterday. And, I will continue to do so in the future.
73 Jeff kb2m
-------------- Original message -------------- From: Clive Wallis [email protected]
FINAL MONTHLY OSCAR-11 REPORT
21 April 2008
RECEPTION REPORTS REQUESTED!
In the years ahead, it is possible that you may hear OSCAR-11, by accident, when tuning round the frequency. If you are able to record the satellite on audio tape or as a WAV file (not MP3), please do so, as it is unlikely that it will be heard on the next pass!
Please send reception reports to [email protected] (replace xxxxx by g3cwv) or post to amsat-bb. If you have a file, please let me know what you have, before sending it!
If you need to hear what the satellite sounds like, please visit my website www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ The satellite transmits on 145.826 MHz. set receiver to NBFM.
This is the 144th monthly report for OSCAR-11. Unless there is an unexpected change of status (such as occured with OSCAR-7), I'm expecting this to be my last report.
This report covers the period from 17 March to 21 April 2008. During this period the satellite has not been heard and no reports of reception have been received.
Transmissions were expected to resume on 24 March, after the beacon switched-off on 14 March. However, permanent eclipses started a few days beforehand, which probably caused the transmission period to be terminated prematurely. It is now unlikely that the satellite will support any sustained period of operation, and will only transmit for a short time, possibly less than a single orbit, every 21 days.
I am indebted to all those who sent reception reports during the last 12 years. Initially there was much interest in hearing the mode-S beacon, which was very weak. Recently, interest has changed to hearing when the two metre beacon switched on/off. Special thanks must go to Jeff KB2M who recorded telemetry during my holidays, and Peter ZL3TC, who has monitored the beacon daily, during recent months. Many thanks to everyone.