Hi Gary,

The satellite was RS-13. A little fiddly to make it work (my fist wasn't good then, and hasn't improved since), but with some patience one could make a contact. A quick search in the AMSAT archives turned up this article:

https://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/199905/msg00084.html

Good fun,

Greg KO6TH

Gary via AMSAT-BB wrote:

A question came up on Facebook about a QSL from a satellite. I remember some of the RS Satellites carried a 'Robot' which would QSO you with a serial number. You could then send that information to Box 88 in Moscow and receive a QSL. A quick Google search did not turn up any pictures of the cards.

I would love to see one, and I am sure they are out there. Anyone have any links?

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