----- Original Message ----- From: "John Geiger" aa5jg@fidmail.com To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:10 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] FO29 status

Is there any hope for FO29 to come back to life, or is it dead for good? It was the only linear Mode J, and would be great to come back to life.

73s John AA5JG

Hi John, AA5JG

FO29 is not the only linear mode satellite and you can actually use OSCAR-7 and VO52 in Mode-B with great signals in 2 meters.

Day after 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 two historic satellites,AO7 and VO52, do it NOW!

73" de

i8CVS Domenico