FO-29 back again ?!?
Hi all, don't "shoot" me if I'm wrong, but I think FO-29 is back!
Today 26 April 2006 between 14:10-14:16 UTC (#52.792 orbit) I HEARD (!!!) a continue carrier in FO-29's beacon frequancy !
I was starting to monitor the frequency with a delay, I forgot this time the pass of Satellite (every day I monitored it.)
Well, the Sat was over Libya (N.Africa), close to me with 32 Degr. Elevation, in very good range for me.
Looking for any activity I tuned my receiver to Beacon frequancy and... what a surprise!
I received a strong carrier arround 435.799. The carrier was following the usual doppler-shift, so after 6 mins dropped-down to 435.788 MHz !! That is very normal and confirmed to me the Satellite signal!
At this point my QTH has no clear horizon (340 degr.) even if the Satellite was high enough, at 24 degr. Elev. So after 1 min I lost the signal completely.
Please keep monitoring the FO-29 and send your reports. May be FO-29 is back again !
73, Mak SV1BSX
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If I remember correctly at the end of it's life FO-20's beacon was just a carrier. Same frequency also.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message ----- From: "SV1BSX" sv1bsx@yahoo.gr To: eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:39 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 back again ?!?
Hi all, don't "shoot" me if I'm wrong, but I think FO-29 is back!
Today 26 April 2006 between 14:10-14:16 UTC (#52.792 orbit) I HEARD (!!!) a continue carrier in FO-29's beacon frequancy !
I was starting to monitor the frequency with a delay, I forgot this time the pass of Satellite (every day I monitored it.)
Well, the Sat was over Libya (N.Africa), close to me with 32 Degr. Elevation, in very good range for me.
Looking for any activity I tuned my receiver to Beacon frequancy and... what a surprise!
I received a strong carrier arround 435.799. The carrier was following the usual doppler-shift, so after 6 mins dropped-down to 435.788 MHz !! That is very normal and confirmed to me the Satellite signal!
At this point my QTH has no clear horizon (340 degr.) even if the Satellite was high enough, at 24 degr. Elev. So after 1 min I lost the signal completely.
Please keep monitoring the FO-29 and send your reports. May be FO-29 is back again !
73, Mak SV1BSX
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