I've tried it a few times, no returns. I think that it must be designed to default to the "off" state until commanded "on". Either that, or else the hardware has failed completely. No-one with command-autority for Russian sats have spoken about RS-15 for a very long time.

73's Auke VE6PWN ----- Original Message ----- From: ryan woods To: Auke de Jong Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-15

ok qsl and tnx yea I heard it today do you know if the transpounder is still working?

----- Original Message ---- From: Auke de Jong sparkycivic@shaw.ca To: ryan woods kd8atf@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:27:34 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-15

Hi, I heard it up to yesterday. I've been recording the reception instances here: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ . I find that it only beeps a little below it's "beacon#1" frequency. I put my HTX-100 on "29.351MHz"USB, and use a truck-stop LIttle-Wil mag-mount vertical stuck to my metal garden shed to receive it.

Since the satellite entered continuous-sunlight a couple weeks ago, it's been beeping all the time. Sometimes the on-off periods change, I am not sure why it does that. Yesterday, it was off for many seconds, and then on for only 1/2 second. It was really hard to see that on my spectrum display through the noise I get here. usually, it's pretty easy to hear, at about 2 seconds on/ 2 seconds off.

Lastly, When it's experiencing eclipses, it stops beeping immidiately after going dark, so it's got no batteries at all anymore. It's quite loud up to that point, though, so I think the solar panels are still working OK. When it comes out of darkness, it usualy doesn't start transmitting unless it happens to pass over Japan... can't explain that one! Maybe it's reacting to some QRM on it's command-receiver somehow. The only way to know that would be to ask whoever used to control it.

73's Auke VE6PWN DO33

----- Original Message ----- From: "ryan woods" kd8atf@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 6:13 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-15

What is the last know report of people being able to hear RS-15

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