----- Original Message ----- From: "zach hillerson" qstick333@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:48 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] satellite durability fm vs. linears
Serious question regarding satellite durability. It seems with HO68, SO67, and now AO51, the FM satellites are quickly going away. It also seems that the older linear counterparts such as AO7, VO52 and FO29 all seem to continue working properly.
Zach N4ERZ
Hi Zach, N4EZR
You are right,the FM satellites are going away but the older linears continue to work very well and particularly VO52 but there are no many users on VO52 at most three or four stations when the bird is over North of Europe and nobody when the bird is over North Africa.
Yesterday on the ascending orbit Nr 35527 I was in contact with IW6OVD chatting in SSB for 12 minutes only with him the full orbit like on the telephone.
IW6OVD posted a mp3 file of the above QSO at the following address:
http://hamradio.selfip.com/iw6ovd/VO-52.mp3
If you haven't worked either of these three historic satellites,AO7 VO52 (and FO29 when is active) do it NOW!
73" de
i8CVS Domenico