Hi all, After 7 weeks of operating our Flagship Olympic and Paralympic event station 2O12W ( Two Oscar One Two Whisky ). We made over 17.000 contacts and in the early stages I was able to dedicate some time to satellite contacts (over 40 ) and included the USA and Canada . The contacts were mainly via FO-29 and VO-52 Alas I was unable to give my time to the better passes of AO-7 sorry to say. Due to local QRM I was also unable to make a contact with Cuba which I had a request for. Thanks to all for your support and patience with the contacts both on satellite and HF with this perhaps once in life opportunity of an Olympic Flagship in Wales. The flame has gone out but the throat will be burning for a bit longer Hi! Hi!
Having caught up with the news I listened for "PROITERES" this morning from my home QTH and was able to hear the satellite quite well with just my usual "ELK" antenna. "Congratulations to the team and all concerned " Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA
Hi All,
I too was listening for PROITERES, and made a recording today (Sep 10th 11:15UTC) using my FunCube Dongle. Looking at the spectrum display, I could see the distinctive pattern of two satellites transmitting. It turns out that the orbit of SEEDS II (CO-66) was almost in perfect alignment with PROITERES, and was also transmitting its morse code beacon on 437.485MHz. I heard 'JQ1YGU SEEDS G4 3475BFB0 D83 FFE CCA 189 8ED 35F' etc. from SEEDS. See http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/seeds_2_e.html
It is possible that some people listening for PROITERES today have actually mistakenly heard SEEDS II, as I found it a few dB stronger at times. The two satellites will drift apart over the next 2 days.
73's Simon G7WIQ
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